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Identity Theft and Personal Cyber Threats

CISA offers information about the latest trends in cybersecurity as well as training and tips for protecting you and your family.

Cybersecurity Best Practices

  • Organizations and Cyber Safety
  • Identify Theft and Personal Cyber Threats
  • CISA Director Easterly Remarks at Carnegie Mellon University

Overview

Using safe cyber practices on home and personal devices protects you and your family from cyber threats. Connecting to secure internet services, protecting all devices and logins with passwords, and checking all email and text message links for potential spam or phishing are a few of the steps every individual can take to protect themselves in the cyber space. By taking small steps every day to secure your devices, you can help prevent attacks like identity theft and malware from causing lasting damage to your personal finances and data.

CISA’s Role

CISA offers tips, strategies, and tools individuals can use to protect their personal and family networks and devices. We provide easy-to-follow steps for ensuring safe online shopping, password protection, email security, and other weak spots targeted by online attackers. CISA shares current threats and cyber attack trends to keep you up to date on cyber threats and offers many free trainings that are available to everyone.

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Shields Up

CISA urges everyone to protect themselves online and adopt a heightened posture when it comes to cybersecurity. Every individual can take simple steps to improve their cyber security. 

Holiday Online Shopping

While millions of Americans will be looking for the best deals the internet has to offer, cyber criminals will be hard at work looking to target online shopper.

More than a Password

Your password isn’t protecting you the way you think it is. Multifactor authentication (MFA) can make you, your family, and your businesses much more secure.

Related News

Discover the latest CISA cyber safety news and tips for you and your family.

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4 Things You Can Do To Keep Yourself Cyber Safe

DEC 18, 2022 | BLOG
Your identity, financial data, and email contents are valuable. Cyber criminals cast as wide a net as possible to get to anyone they can.

Defending Against Illicit Cryptocurrency Mining Activity

FEB 01, 2021 | BLOG
Malicious cyber actors use cryptocurrency-based malware campaigns to install cryptomining software that hijacks the processing power of victim devices and systems to earn cryptocurrency.

Keeping Children Safe Online

JAN 23, 2023 | BLOG
Children present unique security risks when they use a computer. Not only do you have to keep them safe; you have to protect the data on your computer. By taking some simple steps, you can dramatically reduce the threats.
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Cyber Threat Resources

Use these resources to gain knowledge and guidance to protect your cyber space.

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Stopransomware.gov

Designed to help public and private organizations defend against the rise in ransomware cases, StopRansomware is a whole-of-government approach that gives one central location for ransomware resources and alerts.

If You See Something, Say Something

​​​​​Everyone has the power to stop a threat and help secure the nation. Read about how, by just reporting suspicious activity or strange behavior, you play an essential role in keeping our communities safe and secure.

Women Leaders in Cybersecurity Webinar

​​​​​​Featuring the Founder and Executive Director of Black Girls in Cyber, Talya Parker, this interactive roundtable discussion focuses on the important role women play in the cybersecurity community as well as the latest developments in the field.

Cybersecurity Education & Career Development Tool

​​​​​​CISA is committed to strengthening the nation's cybersecurity workforce through standardizing roles and helping to ensure we have well-trained cybersecurity workers today as well as a strong pipeline of future cybersecurity leaders of tomorrow.

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Need CISA's help but don't know where to start?

Organizations can also report anomalous cyber activity and/or cyber incidents 24/7 to report@cisa.gov or (888) 282-0870.

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