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Bitwarden Launches the Hacker's Guide to Securing Your Organization for Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2023
Bitwarden announced its commitment to cybersecurity education with a comprehensive hacker's guide to staying safe online and by participating in the 20th Cybersecurity Awareness Month. Founded in 2004 and held every October, Cybersecurity Awareness Month is a collaborative effort among businesses, government agencies, tribal communities, and individuals to promote cybersecurity awareness and best practices for online safety.

Get the Hacker's guide to securing your organization

To elevate the key themes of this month, Bitwarden partnered with ethical hacker, Rachel Tobac to create a detailed guide to securing your organization from cyber criminals. In this ebook, Tobac breaks down the common techniques hackers use to infiltrate accounts - and how you can guard against them.

"Technology moves fast. And so do hackers," said Rachel Tobac, CEO of SocialProof Security, "But, you know what doesn't move fast? Human habits. Our brains are wired to fall for the same scams we've been falling for since the dawn of time. Even now, people and companies get hacked in the same ways - over, and over, and over. But it doesn't have to be that way!"

Tobac suggests the following steps individuals and organizations can take to minimize cybersecurity risks:

"First, familiarize yourself and your team with the principles of persuasion we use while hacking so you can recognize and shut down the social engineers. Next, arm yourself and your organization with the right technology - password managers (or passkey managers), and the right multi-factor authentication for your threat model. Finally, because technology is moving so fast, you can future-proof your security by understanding the risks that are coming next, and the tools you can use to defend against these new threats."

Starting this year, the new theme of Cybersecurity Awareness Month is "Secure our World," which draws parallels to the actionable measures provided in Rachel Tobac's ebook, focusing on:

  • Understanding the benefits of using a password manager and dispelling existing myths around password manager security and ease of use.
  • Turning on multifactor authentication on personal devices and business networks.
  • Recognizing and reporting phishing - still one of the primary threat actions used by cybercriminals today.
  • Installing updates on a regular basis and turning on automated updates.

Becoming familiar with the common tactics hackers use and implementing simple yet robust security measures empowers anyone to increase their own security, or that of their team or company - all of which Tobac explores in depth in the Hacker's guide to securing your organization.

Published Wednesday, October 11, 2023 8:15 AM by David Marshall
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