National Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2019

Octo­ber is Nation­al Cyber­se­cu­ri­ty Aware­ness Month (NCSAM), and as such, we encour­age York Elec­tric Coop­er­a­tive, Inc. employ­ees, ven­dors, friends, and fam­i­ly to take proac­tive steps to enhance per­son­al and col­lec­tive cyber­se­cu­ri­ty. NCSAM is a col­lab­o­ra­tive effort between gov­ern­ment and indus­try to raise aware­ness about the impor­tance of cyber­se­cu­ri­ty and to ensure that all Amer­i­cans have the resources they need to be safer and more secure online.

As busi­ness­es are increas­ing­ly mov­ing to the cloud, cyber­se­cu­ri­ty mea­sures have nev­er been so impor­tant.

Every York Elec­tric Coop­er­a­tive, Inc. employ­ee can help pre­vent mali­cious cyber-attacks by estab­lish­ing effec­tive cyber­se­cu­ri­ty prac­tices, which include dig­i­tal and non-dig­i­tal meth­ods. Cyber­se­cu­ri­ty is an essen­tial fac­tor to the suc­cess of any busi­ness or orga­ni­za­tion and we strong­ly encour­age col­lab­o­ra­tive efforts across all sec­tors.

Through­out Octo­ber, YEC is com­mit­ted to pro­vid­ing the nec­es­sary train­ing and edu­ca­tion­al pro­grams for all employ­ees to fur­ther cyber­se­cu­ri­ty aware­ness with­in our orga­ni­za­tion. We will pro­vide employ­ees with the resources nec­es­sary to improve our cyber­se­cu­ri­ty and #BeCy­berS­mart while at work and home. York Elec­tric Coop­er­a­tive, Inc.‘s cyber­se­cu­ri­ty and infor­ma­tion tech­nol­o­gy teams are at the lead­ing edge of pro­tect­ing our com­pa­ny and our cus­tomers’ data. We are only able to be cyber secure because of our col­lec­tive vig­i­lance and the work of our tech­nol­o­gy teams.

YEC is proud to par­tic­i­pate in these Nation­al lev­el con­ver­sa­tions around cyber­se­cu­ri­ty and will con­tin­ue to cham­pi­on the NCSAM mes­sage through its main­stream and social media.

Now, there­fore, I, Paul Basha, Pres­i­dent and Chief Exec­u­tive Offi­cer of York Elec­tric Coop­er­a­tive, Inc., do here­by pro­claim my com­mit­ment, and YEC’s to enhanc­ing cyber­se­cu­ri­ty and being a cham­pi­on of Nation­al Cyber­se­cu­ri­ty Aware­ness Month 2019.

Paul Basha
Pres­i­dent and Chief Exec­u­tive Offi­cer

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We’re locals looking out for your cybersecurity

Are you safe online? Fol­low YEC on social media this month to learn tips and tricks on how to keep your infor­ma­tion secure. Cre­at­ing chal­leng­ing pass­words, being aware of sites you vis­it and dou­ble-check­ing sus­pi­cious emails are just a few ways of pro­tect­ing your­self against a scam. We’re not just your elec­tric company—we’re always look­ing out for your safe­ty!