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DHS and CISA launch Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2025

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DHS and CISA announced the start of Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2025, a national effort meant to strengthen basic defenses across government and private-sector constituencies. The campaign matters because it aims to reduce risk to critical services by pushing practical steps such as phishing reporting, MFA, software updates, logging, backups, and encryption. Its focus is October 2025 and the theme is Building a Cyber Strong America.

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  1. 29.09.2025 15:00 2 articles · 8mo ago

    DHS and CISA launch Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2025

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    The Department of Homeland Security and CISA launch Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2025 to help state, local, tribal, and territorial governments, small and medium businesses, supply-chain partners, and other sectors protect critical infrastructure and everyday services such as water, power, communications, food, and finance. The campaign promotes phishing reporting, strong passwords, multifactor authentication (MFA), software updates, system logging, backups, and encryption as baseline defenses.

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