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celebrate

Girl Day Poster
Introduce a Girl
to Engineering Day (February 26)

Check it out!


April is
Mathematics Awareness Month

MAW poster

The 2013 theme is Sustainability

For more information, see the
MAW Web Page.


 
GIS Day
is in November.

I love geography
Check out GISDay on YouTube

Geography Matters!

Women in Computing!

Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing

Grace Hopper Celebration
of Women in Computing Conference



Engineer's Week
February 22-28

National Engineers Week

For more information
view the Engineers Week website!
and the Discover Engineering YouTube Channel



WITI
June is Women in Technology Month.

Check out the profiles of prominent women in technology.



January is Nat'l Mentoring Month

Information Systems Mentoring Program

Join the I.S. Mentoring Program

You see things; and you say "Why?"
      But I dream things that never were; and I say "Why not?"
--George Bernard Shaw

The NCSA has declared October to be
National Cyber Security Awareness Month!
National Cyber Security Alliance A survey commissioned by the National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA) shows significant gaps of understanding among U.S. computer users about the actual threat posed by computer security problems. According to the survey, 30 percent of Americans believe they are more likely to be hit by lightning, to be audited by the IRS, or to win the lottery than be the victim of a computer security problem; among users under the age of 25, the rate of those who believe this rises to 40 percent. In truth, cybersecurity threats, including viruses, phishing scams, and hacking, affect about 70 percent of computer users, while the odds of being hit by lightning are 0.0000102 percent, according to the U.S. National Weather Service. The survey also found that 90 percent of computer users remember Janet Jackson's "wardrobe malfunction" during the Super Bowl, but only 60 percent remember when the security software on their PCs was last updated. Ken Watson, chairman of the NCSA, said that 91 percent of PCs are infected with some variant of spyware.
 

 

 

Is YOUR computer safe?
Check out the NCSA's Top 10 Cyber Security Tips, and take their self-administered Home Quiz to determine how safe you really are.

 

stay safe online

 

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