Guides

This resource offers practical steps to help protect older adults and those who support them against cyber elder fraud. Older adults are increasingly targeted by cybercriminals who exploit trust, unfamiliarity with technology, and financial vulnerability. From phishing scams to tech support fraud and identity theft, these attacks often result in significant emotional and financial harm.

Read through for information on common elder scams, best practices for keeping personal information protected, and where and how to report a cyber elder fraud.

Guide created by the Cyber Florida Security Operations Center. Contributing Security Analysts: Lara Radovanovic, Zahid Rahman, Waratchaya Luangphairin

Over the past year and half, many organizations have transitioned to remote work. While remote work has many benefits for both employees and employers, it poses specific problems for organizational cybersecurity by introducing a host of new potential points of entry for cybercriminals in the form of personal devices and home internet service. Working from Home Cybersecurity Checklist, provided by Cyber Florida community partner Scarlett Cybersecurity, offers guidance to help ensure that your remote staff are implementing good cybersecurity practices and doing their part to protect the organization from cybercrime.

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Cybercriminals frequently target municipal and county government organizations knowing they have limited resources for cybersecurity, but a wealth of data. Government organizations also often provide critical public services that, should they go offline, create chaos and a sense of urgency that cybercriminals can leverage for payment. This non-technical, easy-to-read guide is intended for public service managers to better understand how to plan for, prevent, and mitigate cyberattacks.

The guide reviews a number of common threats facing municipal and county government organizations, school districts, and law enforcement agencies (with real-world examples) and some affordable, easy-to-implement best practices that can help significantly reduce organizational cyber threat risk.

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Ransomware is a critical threat to all organizations, causing hundreds of millions of dollars to US businesses each year in payments, downtime, recovery, and reputational damage. The guide offers some best practices to help organizations prevent and prepare to recover from a ransomware attack.

Feeling overwhelmed by cybersecurity? Start here! This non-technical, easy-to-read guide reviews a number of common threats facing small businesses (with real-world examples) and some affordable, easy-to-implement best practices that can help small organizations significantly reduce their cyber threat risk. Small organizations are targeted by cybercriminals that assume they don’t have proper protections in place. Creating a culture of cyber awareness for your businesses can go a long way toward mitigating that threat.

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