Students, faculty and staff will all have opportunities to learn how to be more cybersecure.

UCLA Students, faculty and staff will all have opportunities to learn how to be more cybersecure.

From our desks and homes to on the go, we work, learn and play online. Even when we are not directly connected to the internet, our critical infrastructure — the vast, worldwide connection of computers, data and websites supporting our everyday lives through financial transactions, transportation systems, healthcare records, emergency response systems, personal communications and more — impacts everyone.

So as part of National Cyber Security Awareness Month at UCLA, faculty, staff and students can attend events at which they can learn how to better protect themselves against the ever-increasing threats computer uses face to their networks, devices and data.

Created as a collaborative effort between the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and its public and private partners, including the National Cyber Security Alliance, the goal of National Cyber Security Awareness Month is to raise awareness about the importance of cybersecurity.

On campus events:

TECHFAIR 2017

Sponsored by UCLA Residential Life this session is for students

Oct. 11, 7 p.m.

Carnesale Commons

Multi-factor authentication registration drives

Students are invited to sign-up for multi-factor authentication and enjoy a free In-N-Out Burger. Representatives from Duo Security will be there.

Oct. 12, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Oct. 23, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Dickson Court

“What you can do to increase cybersecurity and resilience”

This sessions for students, faculty and staff will be conducted by Deron McElroy, chief of operations — west for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

Oct. 16, 2 p.m.

Press room in the J.D. Morgan Center and Hall of Fame

“Top cyber security trends for 2017/2018 and beyond”

For students, faculty and staff this session will be conducted by Matt Stamper, research director from Gartner.

Oct. 30, 2 p.m.

IDRE virtualization portal

​5628 Math Sciences Building