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Urban model for cybersecurity ed: San Diego | InSecurity Complex - CNET News

Urban model for cybersecurity ed: San Diego | InSecurity Complex - CNET News

Urban model for cybersecurity ed: San Diego

Darin Andersen, chief operating officer at Eset.

Darin Andersen, chief operating officer at Eset

(Credit: Eset)

A Slovakian antivirus company with its American headquarters in San Diego is trying to make good cybersecurity just as much a part of the local fabric as good beaches and Chargers football.

Eset launched the Securing Our eCity program with the San Diego Chamber of Commerce two years ago to offer free workshops to consumers and small businesses on how to stay safe online. Today it has become a model for similar initiatives being launched in Malaysia, Buenos Aires, and London. And it helped with the creation of the Stop Think Connect campaign launched last week as part of National Cyber Security Awareness month.

"San Diego is the first community to implement the messaging in a complete awareness campaign," with billboards, public service announcements, and radio and print ads, Darin Andersen, chief operating officer at Eset, told C



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