JOIN
TEAM DEWIE!
Join Dewie in showing others
how to secure their computers by posting this link button on
your site. Simply copy the following code and paste it to
your site:
The
resulting button and hyperlink should appear like they do
below when you're done.
http://www.ftc.gov/infosecurity
What You Can Do:
Practical Ideas for Promoting a Culture of Security
To order bulk copies of FTC
publications (50 or more copies), please send the
publication names and quantities, your name, organization,
address, and telephone and fax numbers by fax to
202-326-2572, by email
publications@ftc.gov,
or by mail to:
Distribution Office, Federal Trade
Commission, 600
Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Room B-20,
Washington, DC 20580-0001.
You can order up to 49 copies by calling toll-free,
1-877-FTC-HELP (877-382-4357).
Business Outreach
Suggestions:
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Post a link to
www.ftc.gov/infosecurity on
your website.
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Include FTC information security publications or your own
information security messages in your product packaging,
shopping bags or receipts.
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Include FTC publications or your own materials as a
statement stuffer; or reprint the tips on billing or account
statements.
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Give FTC publications to new customers. The FTC’s Office of
Consumer and Business Education can provide publications
that you can reprint with your organization’s name and logo.
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Share the materials with your public affairs staff. Ask for
their ideas on getting the word out to the media and your
partners, clients and employees. If you are willing to be
interviewed by the media on the topic, let them know.
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Make publications available at expo, conference and trade
show booths.
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Reproduce the materials on our website and share them with
others at professional conferences and meetings throughout
the year.
Community Outreach
Suggestions:
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Ask community organizations with which you are involved to
post a link to
www.ftc.gov/infosecurity
on their website.
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Convene a meeting of your staff to talk about ways to
promote the Culture of Security in your community.
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Send information to potential participating organizations,
asking them to promote the Culture of Security through their
newsletters or other means of communication. Outlets include
local trade organizations, community and senior centers,
computer and electronic stores, chambers of commerce, and
churches, synagogues and mosques.
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Publish our information in your organization’s newsletter.
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Send the publications to community colleges and adult
education programs and ask that they be forwarded to
instructors who teach classes related to computer skills or
Internet use. Send copies of our publications to local PTAs.
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Ask local libraries to make the information available at
their checkout counter or information desk.
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Share the material with your family and friends.
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Make presentations to Kindergarten-12th grade audiences via
public/private schools, boys and girls clubs, Scouts, etc.
Make information security a topic for your Speakers Bureau.
Media Outreach
Suggestions:
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Write an op-ed or a letter to the editor on the importance
of information security. Be sure to include simple, concrete
tips that readers can use, such as those listed at
www.ftc.gov/infosecurity.
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Call your local television stations to suggest a news story
on the importance of information security.
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Host a brown bag lunch or breakfast for reporters in your
area who cover business, personal finance, lifestyle and
education. Enlist their help in promoting a Culture of
Security.
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Ask a local media personality to become involved in your
plans. Ask him or her to help promote the Culture of
Security.
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Ask for space on transit or electronic billboards – on
expressways, and near banks, car dealerships, fast food
restaurants and motels – to display information security
messages.
Online Outreach Suggestions:
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Create an information security awareness Web page; hyperlink
to www.ftc.gov/infosecurity and list both sites
on your printed consumer education materials.
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Publish our information in your company or organization’s
online newsletter.
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Encourage others to join the online effort to promote a
Culture of Security.
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