{"id":2730,"date":"2019-10-15T11:01:36","date_gmt":"2019-10-15T16:01:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ncultheaffiliate.com\/?p=2730"},"modified":"2020-11-19T14:48:44","modified_gmt":"2020-11-19T19:48:44","slug":"national-cybersecurity-awareness-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncultheaffiliate.com\/?p=2730","title":{"rendered":"National Cybersecurity Awareness Month"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>October is National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, and credit unions are reminded to ensure every effort is being made to thwart would-be hackers. <!--more-->Financial losses due to cybercrime\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncua.gov\/exit-disclaimer?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpdf.ic3.gov%2F2018_IC3Report.pdf\">reached $2.7 billion in 2018<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The most prevalent crime types reported by victims were non-payment\/non-delivery, extortion and personal data breach.<\/p>\n<p>Cybersecurity remains\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncua.gov\/regulation-supervision\/letters-credit-unions-other-guidance\/supervisory-priorities-2019\">a supervisory priority<\/a>\u00a0for the NCUA, and the agency puts special emphasis on:<\/p>\n<p>-Advancing consistency, transparency and accountability within the cybersecurity examination program;<br \/>\n-Encouraging due diligence for supply chain and third-party service provider management at credit unions;<br \/>\n-Assisting institutions with resources to improve operational hygiene and resilience; and<br \/>\n-Ensuring NCUA\u2019s systems and collected controlled unclassified information is secure.<\/p>\n<p>The agency maintains a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncua.gov\/regulation-supervision\/regulatory-compliance-resources\/cybersecurity-resources\">cybersecurity resources webpage<\/a>\u00a0to provide credit unions with important information, including regulations and guidance, about protecting themselves and their members from cyber threats.<\/p>\n<p>During Cybersecurity Awareness Month, the NCUA will share tips on its\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NCUAgov\/\">Facebook page<\/a>\u00a0and on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%40theNCUA&amp;src=typd\">Twitter<\/a>\u00a0about online security, recognizing and preventing identity theft, and what consumers can do if they fall victim to a cybercrime. The NCUA provides consumers with information on staying safe in the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mycreditunion.gov\/fraud-prevention-center\/online-security\">Be Smart Online<\/a>\u00a0section of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mycreditunion.gov\/\">MyCreditUnion.gov<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>October is National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, and credit unions are reminded to ensure every effort is being made to thwart would-be hackers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncultheaffiliate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2730"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncultheaffiliate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncultheaffiliate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncultheaffiliate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncultheaffiliate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2730"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncultheaffiliate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2730\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncultheaffiliate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2730"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncultheaffiliate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2730"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncultheaffiliate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2730"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}