National Cybersecurity Awareness Month is designed to engage and educate through events and initiatives with the goal of raising awareness about online privacy, safety and cybersecurity. Co-founded and led by the National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA) and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), NCSAM has grown exponentially since its inception, and last year’s event was an unprecedented success, generating 4,316 news stories!

As a company focused on online privacy and sfety, it is oly natural action for Findx to become a NCSAM Champion.

Securing the internet is our shared responsibility

This year’s theme will look at how we can help each other make the internet safer for everyone, whether they be our children, parents, workplaces or even our country’s infrastructure. Each week has its own theme:

Make your home a haven for online safety : Learn how to teach your more vulnerable family members basic online safety practices.

: Learn how to teach your more vulnerable family members basic online safety practices. Educating for a career in cybersecurity : Such work is exciting and challenging. Learn more about this field, so you can inspire and motivate students to pursue a related career.

: Such work is exciting and challenging. Learn more about this field, so you can inspire and motivate students to pursue a related career. It’s everyone’s job to ensure online safety at work : As our work and personal lives are increasingly blurred together, it’s becoming even more important to follow best practices everywhere.

: As our work and personal lives are increasingly blurred together, it’s becoming even more important to follow best practices everywhere. Safeguarding your nation’s critical infrastructure: Our day-to-day life depends on critical infrastructure and the internet, and there are many roles the public can play in keeping it safe.

Throughout the month, you will find tips and helpful posts here at ActivatePrivacy on those topics.

We invite you to join the conversation in October, and keep an eye on the #CyberAware hashtag on Twitter, or follow StaySafeOnline on Facebook or on Twitter. They’ll be hosting discussions and experts each week, and will publish news, resources and more.

We’ve collected a few tips for you to get started: