: EMC Supports National Cyber Security Awareness Month with Global Outreach Campaign
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
EMC Supports National Cyber Security Awareness Month with Global
Outreach Campaign
EMC Employee Volunteers to Teach Safe and Responsible Internet Use to
Thousands of Children in 17 Countries; Will Offer Free Cyber Security
Training Tools to Help SMBs
News Highlights:
* EMC supports National Cyber Security Awareness Month
(http://www.staysafeonline.org/ncsam) for sixth consecutive year with
educational events and activities to help promote safe use of the Web at
work, home and school
* Hundreds of EMC employee volunteers in 17 countries teach thousands
of school-age children about safe and responsible Internet use
* RSA, The Security Division of EMC has partnered with Radio Disney
(http://radio.disney.go.com/index.html) to deliver action-packed
educational sessions on cyber security awareness and digital
responsibility
* RSA Executive Chairman Art Coviello testifies on Capitol Hill Oct. 4
before the U.S. House Intelligence Committee
* EMC will offer free training kits for small and medium businesses to
help them defend against employee-targeted cybercrime
* EMC reaches out to its more than 50,000 employees worldwide to
reinforce ongoing cyber security training programs with live events and
testing, including an internal spear-phishing campaign
HOPKINTON, MA – October 4, 2011 – EMC (NYSE: EMC) today announced
the launch of its annual campaign to support National Cyber Security
Awareness Month, kicking off employee and corporate involvement in
dozens of national and international activities and events designed to
educate students, businesses, and EMC’s own employees on cyber
security awareness and digital responsibility.
Taking place every October since 2003, National Cyber Security
Awareness Month is a coordinated effort of the National Cyber Security
Alliance (http://www.staysafeonline.org/) (NCSA), the U.S. Department of
Homeland Security (DHS), and The Multi-State Information Sharing and
Analysis Center (MS-ISAC) and myriad companies, educational
institutions, nonprofit organizations and individuals throughout the
nation focused on improving online safety and security awareness and
education for citizens and businesses. In 2010 the NCSA, working in
partnership with private industry, reached an estimated 100 million
people to promote online safety during the month of October.
In October 2011, EMC and its RSA Security Division will again
contribute to National Cyber Security Awareness Month through the launch
of a month of volunteerism and outreach to schools and the small
business community. Employee volunteers will work with schools, youth
groups and small business associations throughout the U.S. and abroad to
help educate the public about key online safety and digital
responsibility issues including:
* Phishing and spear-phishing
* Malware
* Employee-targeted cybercrime
* Cyber bullying
* Social network safety
* Mobile device safety
Following is a partial list of activities and events EMC will sponsor
and/or participate in during National Cyber Security Awareness Month:
* Hundreds of EMC employee volunteers in 17 countries and 21 states
will dedicate a half day of volunteer service in October to teach
school-age children safe and responsible internet use via the Cyber
Security Awareness Volunteer Education project (C-SAVE
(http://www.staysafeonline.org/in-the-classroom/c-save)).
* The RSA Security Division has partnered with Radio Disney to deliver
action-packed educational sessions on cyber security awareness and
digital responsibility at 20 middle schools in Massachusetts, Rhode
Island and Connecticut.
* RSA Executive Chairman Art Coviello will testify on Capitol Hill Oct.
4 before the U.S. House Intelligence Committee to urge lawmakers to
consider policy changes designed to aid in the protection of U.S.
critical infrastructure and other business interests.
* EMC and NCSA will hold an Oct. 4 reception in Washington, DC with
industry, government and lawmakers to celebrate National Cyber Security
Awareness Month.
* EMC will offer free employee cyber security training kits designed
exclusively for small and medium businesses to help them stand a better
chance defending against employee-targeted cybercrime, which is
currently on the rise.
* EMC is leveraging National Cyber Security Awareness Month to elevate
the internal visibility of its long-running secure practices
initiatives. For example, EMC’s Product Security Office is engaging
10,000 EMC product engineers to promote the practices the company uses
to standardize secure product development across all of EMC’s hardware
and software engineering teams and worldwide EMC Centers of
Excellence.As with prior years, EMC’s Global Security Office is
reaching out to all 50,000 EMC employees worldwide with internal
communications, live events and awareness activities to administer
advanced cyber security training and testing, including an internal
phishing campaign on EMC employees.
* EMC is a Silver Sponsor of the October 7 Michigan Cyber Summit
(http://www.michigan.gov/cybersummit) in Ypsilanti, MI with Governor
Rick Snyder, leaders from DHS and others.
* EMC is a Gold Sponsor of the Maryland Cyber Challenge
(http://www.mdc3.org/index.html) and Conference being held Oct. 20-21 in
Baltimore, a non-profit event bringing together Maryland's best minds to
advance the critical field of cyber security across the public, private
and academic sectors.
* EMC will promote cyber security awareness via local and international
print, broadcast and social media campaigns.
Supporting Quotes
Tom Heiser, President, RSA, The Security Division of EMC
* “EMC plays a major role in the global economy in which more than
two-thirds of all business is done online. We not only provide the
infrastructure to organizations doing business globally, we also share a
responsibility in helping to make it safer for everyone – especially
children – to connect, learn and have fun without fear of being a
victim of cybercrime. EMC is a proud supporter of National Cyber
Security Awareness Month, and we encourage our partners and customers to
join us to take part in this vital public awareness campaign alongside
NCSA and its active members.”
Dave Martin, Chief Security Officer, EMC Global Security Office
* “The cyber threat landscape evolves so rapidly that even the most
security-conscious organizations must be continually trained and
educated about the myriad attacks which target organizations and their
employees every day. We have a responsibility as security professionals
to not only keep our own employees updated, trained and tested on the
latest cyber threats, but to also help educate children and consumers
and aid in developing a more security-savvy workforce.”
Michael Kaiser, Executive Director, National Cyber Security Alliance
* “National Cyber Security Awareness Month continues to grow stronger
every year in our effort to raise awareness for a very simple but
powerful message: It’s our shared responsibility to protect the
Internet and our digital assets. The wide array of participation –
from industry, federal, state and local government and nonprofit
organizations – speaks volumes about the commitment from various
communities in making the Internet more safe and secure.”
John Havermann, President, NCSA Board of Directors and EMC Federal
Office Senior Account Manager
* “With cyber attacks on the increase, it’s important that Internet
users better understand how to protect their sensitive information
online, whether they are at work or at home. We are pleased that the
nationwide effort to increase cyber security education and awareness
continues to gain momentum, particularly as advanced cyber threats
become more commonplace and users’ traditional information security
defenses are challenged.”
EMC and NCSA encourage all audiences – teachers, employers, families,
consumers, and more – to visit the Nation
al Cyber Security Awareness
Month Web portal to get more information about how to get involved,
events, and additional resources to help organizations and individuals
participate in the public awareness and education campaign. Please
visit: www.staysafeonline.org.
About EMC
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providers to transform their operations and deliver IT as a service.
Fundamental to this transformation is cloud computing. Through
innovative products and services, EMC accelerates the journey to cloud
computing, helping IT departments to store, manage, protect and analyze
their most valuable asset – information – in a more agile, trusted
and cost-efficient way. Additional information about EMC can be found at
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from coast to coast, is a wholly owned subsidiary of EMC Corporation.