{"id":7663,"date":"2014-10-21T11:00:04","date_gmt":"2014-10-21T15:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sourcelive.wordpress.com\/?p=7663"},"modified":"2014-10-21T11:00:04","modified_gmt":"2014-10-21T15:00:04","slug":"october-is-national-cyber-security-awareness-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/?p=7663","title":{"rendered":"October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;ve all seen the emails and news stories\u00a0and\u00a0heard the horror stories from friends and co-workers, but are you doing enough to protect yourself online?<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7672\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7672\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/1398441496zh29r.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7672\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/1398441496zh29r.jpg?resize=300%2C224\" alt=\"Protect your devices from attack, damage or unauthorized access.\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/1398441496zh29r.jpg?w=620&amp;ssl=1 620w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/1398441496zh29r.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/1398441496zh29r.jpg?resize=534%2C400&amp;ssl=1 534w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7672\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Protect your devices from attack, damage or unauthorized access.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>If you have a smartphone, it IS a computer and should be protected like one.\u00a0 All users of smartphones should have unique passwords (not 1234), regularly run an anti-virus program, and enable anti-theft precautions.\u00a0 Visit the AppStore,\u00a0 Google Play or Windows Apps (depending on your platform) for options.<\/li>\n<li>Keep your operating system updated.<\/li>\n<li>NEVER share your passwords.\u00a0 No legitimate company will ever ask for your password by email or phone.<\/li>\n<li>Don&#8217;t open email attachments you were not expecting or from unknown sources.<\/li>\n<li>Don&#8217;t click on advertisements in web pages.\u00a0 If you are interested in something mentioned in an ad, go directly to the company website.<\/li>\n<li>If you are prompted to update a program, be sure the update is legitimate.\u00a0 Go to the vendor website or open the program on your computer to do the update.<\/li>\n<li>Review statements for credit cards and any accounts you manage online and alert the provider of any anomalies.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For more information, visit <a title=\"MSU Secure IT\" href=\"http:\/\/tech.msu.edu\/secureIT\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tech.msu.edu\/secureIT<\/a> 0r October&#8217;s tech blog article <a title=\"Our Shared Responsibility\" href=\"http:\/\/tech.msu.edu\/news\/2014\/10\/october-is-national-cyber-security-awareness-month\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Our Shared Responsibility.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;ve all seen the emails and news stories\u00a0and\u00a0heard the horror stories from friends and co-workers, but are you doing enough to protect yourself online? If you have a smartphone, it IS a computer and should&hellip; <a class=\"continue\" href=\"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/?p=7663\">Continue Reading&#8230;<span> October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"__cvm_playback_settings":[],"__cvm_video_id":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb1fcA-1ZB","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7663"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7663"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7663\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7663"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7663"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}