{"id":13088,"date":"2023-10-09T13:24:53","date_gmt":"2023-10-09T13:24:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=13088"},"modified":"2023-10-09T13:24:54","modified_gmt":"2023-10-09T13:24:54","slug":"ndma-initiates-cybersecurity-training-for-public-organizations-citizens-and-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/ndma-initiates-cybersecurity-training-for-public-organizations-citizens-and-students\/","title":{"rendered":"NDMA Initiates Cybersecurity Training for Public Organizations, Citizens, and Students"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>The National Data Management Authority (NDMA) is gearing up for a series of comprehensive cybersecurity training sessions in commemoration of Cybersecurity Awareness Month. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Melissa Vandeyar, Assistant Information Technology Engineer, emphasized that this initiative aims to enhance participants&#8217; ability to protect themselves against online threats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The initial phase of the cybersecurity training will be tailored for public organizations entrusted with citizens&#8217; sensitive personal and financial data. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Moreover, this initiative will extend its benefits to the working population and students from twelve schools spanning six administrative regions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The training program will equip participants with critical insights and skills to navigate the internet securely. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It will shed light on the potential risks associated with improper data usage and introduce mechanisms to mitigate such threats, with a special emphasis on schools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additionally, NDMA will advocate for the use of the &#8220;Get Safe Online&#8221; website, enabling users to verify the legitimacy of websites used for various purposes such as shopping and gaming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cybersecurity Awareness Month serves as a reminder of the collective responsibility shared by the public and private sectors to promote cyber hygiene and safeguard computer systems, data, and networks against unauthorized access and cyber-attacks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The National Data Management Authority (NDMA) is gearing up for a series of comprehensive cybersecurity training sessions in commemoration of Cybersecurity Awareness Month. Melissa Vandeyar, Assistant Information Technology Engineer, emphasized&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":13089,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13088","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13088","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13088"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13088\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13090,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13088\/revisions\/13090"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13089"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13088"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13088"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13088"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}