October is the kick-off of National Cyber Security Awareness Month and how fitting it is with the recent onslaught of security related news making headlines across the media. The official kick off event put on by the National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA), will feature several leaders from both public and private sectors coming together to promote online safety awareness.

Credit Unions should use this Cyber Security Awareness Month to help remind and ensure that members are updated with the latest information about online scams, email and social phishing, password complexity, and have an opportunity to refresh skills with their overall online security. Also, Credit Unions that are taking proactive measures to improve security and further protect themselves (CUdefender customers :-), should help better educate members to keep them aware of the importance placed upon security and to provide more peace of mind.