VA Cybersecurity Spot

Veterans and Caregiver Give Cyber Safety Advice
Hear from Veterans and a caregiver who are part of the VA workforce and who face the same online safety challenges you do every day, and how they maneuver through to keep themselves and their families safe.
Is It Time for a Career Refresh?
Learn the fundamentals of how to begin a career in cybersecurity and privacy.
Don’t Be Haunted by the Hacks
October is known for spooky Halloween costumes, but in everyday life there are spooky online scammers ready to play tricks on you. Read on to learn how to protect yourself from online phantoms.
How to Protect Yourself from Cyber-Attacks and Scams
As technology advances, scammers are becoming smarter.
How the Grinch Can Steal Your Data
As you get ready for the holidays, keep online safety in mind to avoid any unwanted surprises.
Lesson Learned Worth Heeding: Use MFA
Lack of multi-factor authentication is one cause of recent industry data breaches.

Links of interest

Helpful phone numbers

Victims of identity theft, call the VA Veteran Identity Theft Helpline: 1-855-578-5492
Victims of VA disability benefits fraud, call VA: 1-800-827-1000

Videos

Veterans and Caregiver Give Cyber Safety Advice

Listen to their compelling personal stories and important advice. This short video gives top tips for the Veteran community on how to stay safe online.

Protecting Veteran Information

There has never been a more crucial time to pay close attention to every click, every email sender, and every request for personal information.

Lynette Sherrill discusses how we are Securing Our World at VA.

Public Service Announcement from VA’s Chief Information Security Officer Lynette Sherrill

Multi-Factor Authentication

Stay Safe Online

Spring Into Action

A Cybersecurity Checklist

Cybersecurity Made Easy

Mitigate the risk of hacking by implementing these security practices.

To Keep or to Delete? That is the Question.

Simple and practical tips to eliminate irrelevant data.

Trust no one: VA’s mindset for the digital world

VA’s unwavering commitment to implementing zero trust architecture that enhances how data is protected, managed, and viewed by Veterans, staff, business partners, and stakeholders

On VA News

Online scammers are looking to steal your information

Multi-factor authentication, also known as (2FA), is an easy, two-step verification process to prove and protect one’s identity online.

On VA News

Be the Change

You are the key to locking up your data — simplified security strategies to clean up your online appearance.

VA Cybersecurity Spot

Secure Our World

Veterans and Caregiver Give Cyber Safety Advice

Is It Time for a Career Refresh?

Don’t Be Haunted by the Hacks

How to Protect Yourself from Cyber-Attacks and Scams

How the Grinch Can Steal Your Data

Lesson Learned Worth Heeding: Use MFA

Links of interest

Helpful phone numbers

Videos

Veterans and Caregiver Give Cyber Safety Advice

Protecting Veteran Information

Lynette Sherrill discusses how we are Securing Our World at VA.

Public Service Announcement from VA’s Chief Information Security Officer Lynette Sherrill

Multi-Factor Authentication

Stay Safe Online

Spring Into Action

Cybersecurity Made Easy

To Keep or to Delete? That is the Question.

Trust no one: VA’s mindset for the digital world

Online scammers are looking to steal your information

Be the Change

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