WESTOVER AIR RESERVE BASE, Mass -- Pokemon…Personal and Professional Cybersecurity
News reports this week cite cybersecurity issues with Pokémon. Currently, once Pokémon Go is downloaded, the application can access any of your google accts, pictures, etc. The cybersecurity issues with Pokémon Go serve as a good reminder for Airmen to ensure their cybersecurity both at home and at work.
Cybersecurity Reminders:
Who: All Airmen are accountable/responsible
What: Before you plug-in, log-on, download, upload or hit send ask yourself: – Is it authorized? – Is it secure? – Has it been scanned? – Is it appropriate?
When: Always practice good Cybersecurity!
Where: Everything is interconnected in today’s digital world.
Why: Our reliance on cyberspace is ever increasing. We critically depend on this domain to fly, fight and win in air, space and cyberspace!
Furthermore…
Individual knowledge of cybersecurity, procedural compliance, integrity and accountability are vital for the total force to ensure our Air Force can accomplish its five core missions in a contested cyberspace environment.
The Air Force core missions are threatened by increasingly dangerous adversaries.
One commercial estimate reports there are nearly 400 new cyber threats every minute with up to 70% of attacks going undetected.
Cyberspace threats are becoming more and more sophisticated and growing in magnitude.
Airmen must be constantly vigilant in recognizing, identifying and avoiding risky behavior and threats in cyber. Airmen should be comfortable with reporting personal actions that could be considered a risk and report suspicious activity they observe to minimize and mitigate impact on mission accomplishment.
Airmen should develop a questioning attitude and become a viable first line of defense for cybersecurity and mission assurance across the Air Force.