In recognition of Cyber Security Awareness Month, the California Department of Child Support Services (DCSS) Information Security Office held its First Annual DCSS Cyber Security & Awareness Fair on October 20 at DCSS headquarters.The event showcased various information booths and activities that provided education and entertainment to staff emphasizing the importance of cyber security.
“We have information of over 11 million participants entrusted to us,” said John Cleveland, DCSS Chief Information Security Officer. “A breach of that data could limit the ability of families to feed their children.”
During the fair, staff were given “passports” as they entered the world of cyber space and were invited to take a tour around five different stations with games and quizzes to learn about ways to protect not only the information assets of DCSS, but to stay safe at home as well. Attendees would receive a stamp on their passport for visiting each information station. After visiting all of the stations the cyber space travelers would then turn in their passport and be entered into a drawing for gifts and gift cards from local businesses.
“We want to let everyone know that information security is a part of what you do every day”, said John Lozano, Security Analyst in the Information Security Office. “Really, it’s about raising awareness of security as a whole.”
Check out a video recap of the event here: http://bit.ly/2eUr0OD
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Ava DeLara, Associate Governmental Program Analyst
California Department of Child Support Services
Nowadays kids are busy with the internet most of the time. So it is really an efficient task to let them know about the cyber security. The California Child Services doing on of their finest job on cyber security for the kids.
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