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Organizations and Cyber Safety

CISA offers tools, resources, and services for organizations of all sizes to implement cyber best practices that ensure the continuity of critical services and secure data.

Cybersecurity Best Practices

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

Overview

All organizations—regardless of size—need to adopt a heightened posture when it comes to cybersecurity and protecting their most critical assets. Sophisticated cyber actors and nation-states exploit vulnerabilities to steal information and money and are developing capabilities to disrupt, destroy, or threaten the delivery of essential services. Implementing organizational cybersecurity best practices requires coordination across the organization from leadership to IT to communications and human resources. From governance to updating technology, cybersecurity requires a holistic approach that often starts with leadership directive. Protecting the cyber space is an essential aspect of business operations and must be integrated at all levels.

CISA’s Role

CISA offers tools, services, resources, and current information for businesses and organizations to implement key cybersecurity practices. CISA provides services across all of CISA’s mission areas that are available to Federal Government; State, Local, Tribal and Territorial Government; Private Industry; Academia; NGO and Non-Profit; and General Public stakeholders. In light of the risk and potential consequences of cyber events, CISA strengthens the security and resilience of cyberspace, an important homeland security mission.

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Shields Up

As the nation’s cyber defense agency, CISA stands ready to help organizations prepare for, respond to, and mitigate the impact of cyberattacks.

Cyber Safety

Every time we connect to the Internet—at home, at school, at work, or on our mobile devices—we expose ourselves to cyber criminals who commit identity theft, fraud, and harassment.

Cybersecurity Governance

List of federal civilian Executive Branch agencies that fall under CISA's authorities. 

Cybersecurity Incident Response

When cyber incidents occur, DHS provides assistance to potentially impacted entities, analyzes the potential impact across critical infrastructure, investigates those responsible in conjunction with law enforcement, and coordinates national response.

Related News

Discover the latest CISA cyber safety news and tips for organizations.

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CISA, FBI, NSA, and International Partner Warn Organizations of Top Routinely Exploited Cybersecurity Vulnerabilities

APR 27, 2022 | STORY
Malicious cyber actors continue to aggressively target disclosed critical software vulnerabilities against broad target sets in both the public and private sectors. While the top 15 vulnerabilities have previously been made public, this Advisory is meant to help organizations prioritize their mitigation strategies.

Guidelines for Publishing Information Online

FEB 01, 2021 | BLOG
The internet is a public resource. Avoid putting anything online that you do not want the public to see or that you may want to retract.

Protecting Against Malicious Code

JUL 14, 2009 | BLOG
What is malicious code? Malicious code is unwanted files or programs that can cause harm to a computer or compromise data stored on a computer. Various classifications of malicious code include viruses, worms, and Trojan horses.

Questions Every CEO Should Ask About Cyber Risks

FEB 01, 2021 | BLOG
To help companies understand their risks and prepare for cyber threats, CEOs should discuss key cybersecurity risk management topics with their leadership and implement cybersecurity best practices.
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Training

CISA offers a range of cyber safety trainings for organizations of all sizes and needs.

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Professors in Practice - Session 3: Zero Trust Architecture: How to Choose the Right Model(s) for Your Organization

AUG 19, 2022 | SEMINAR/WORKSHOP | VIRTUAL/ONLINE
Dr. Richardson will review key concepts and strategies from Jameison Twist's paper on Zero Trust Implementation and will discuss options to implement these strategies in Federal Departments and Agencies.

Cyber Range Training Events

SEMINAR/WORKSHOP | VIRTUAL/ONLINE
Cyber Range Training courses provide guided step-action labs for cyber practitioners to practice investigating, remediating, and incident response skills.
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Cyber Safety Services

Explore the services CISA offers to protect your organization from cyber threats. 

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CISA Vulnerability Scanning

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Contact: vulnerability@cisa.dhs.gov
This service evaluates external network presence by executing continuous scans of public, static IPs for accessible services and vulnerabilities. It provides weekly vulnerability reports and ad-hoc alerts.
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Resources for Organizations

Use these resources to gain strategies and guidance to protect your organization.

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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.

Free Cybersecurity Tools & Services

Take steps to quickly detect a potential intrusion.

Capacity Enhancement Guide for Federal Agencies: Remote Patch and Vulnerability Management Capacity Enhancement Guide

This document assists federal agencies with patching roaming devices, i.e., remote devices outside agency campus networks. 

Enhanced Email and Web Security

A CISA guide to learn more about the threats posed by phishing emails and unencrypted HTTP and associated mitigation activities. 

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Report Vulnerabilities in U.S. Government websites

Website vulnerabilities are defects that may allow an attacker to violate a security policy to cause some impact or consequence, particularly those vulnerabilities that allow increased levels of access or the ability to interfere with the normal operation of the server or site.

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