Wing IA Office offers cyber awareness tips

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  • By Master Sgt. Brian Brown
  • 100th Air Refueling Wing Information Assurance Office
RAF MILDENHALL, England --  The 100th Air Refueling Wing Information Assurance Office has compiled a Top 10 list of cyber awareness tips, as a reminder to Team Mildenhall. Using the tips on the list, and sharing it with family members, will help keep information secure from our adversaries, and continue to protect our resources.

· Never leave a classified processing area unattended when working with classified information

· Ensure Information Assurance training is performed annually

· Ensure classified processing areas are implementing approved Emission Security countermeasures

· Be aware of potential e-mail scams, fake anti-virus, phishing and spearphishing attacks.

· Unattended common access cards are a security threat

· Do not download anything which isn't in the official use of duties as a representative of the government. Malware is easily attached to these files

· No personal devices of any type are authorized to be connected to government information systems

· Ensure your government and personal information systems have the most recent ant-virus signatures and patches loaded

· Removable media, including CDs and DVDs, floppy disks, and external hard drives, must be labeled with classification, contents, contact office, name and number

· Have your network emergency tool readily available. Contact your unit information assurance officer if you don't have one

For more information, call the wing information assurance office at DSN 238-3111.