• Advancing Innovation through Collaboration: Insights from the VA Digital Health Summit

     Jan. 21, 2025

    Advancing Innovation through Collaboration: Insights from the VA Digital Health Summit

    Read about the 2024 VA Digital Health Summit, where leaders unveiled groundbreaking innovations to enhance care for Veterans. From advanced cybersecurity to AI and user-friendly tools, learn how VA is modernizing health services to better serve those who served. Dive into the future of Veteran health care!

  • Digital Defense: Empowering Veterans Against Smishing Threats

     Feb. 26, 2024

    Digital Defense: Empowering Veterans Against Smishing Threats

    The VA Privacy Service encourages Veterans to use best practices to spot, prevent, and report smishing scams.

  • Trust in Cyberspace? Not on Our Watch

     May 30, 2023

    Trust in Cyberspace? Not on Our Watch

    As the nation’s largest integrated health and benefits organization, job one is protecting Veterans and the Department of Veterans Affairs. VA is adopting a Zero Trust Architecture to fight ever increasing cybersecurity threats to ensure our systems, networks, and data remain reliable, secure, and private.

  • Online Scammers Are Looking to Steal Your Information; Make Sure They Don’t Succeed

     Oct. 24, 2022

    Online Scammers Are Looking to Steal Your Information; Make Sure They Don’t Succeed

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

  • Be Vigilant of PACT Act Scams

     Aug. 18, 2022

    Be Vigilant of PACT Act Scams

    The PACT Act was signed into law, bringing new opportunities for expanded health care, benefits, and…fraud to Veterans. Stay safe against new scams by protecting yourself with these tips.

  • Digital Awareness for Parents

     Aug. 9, 2022

    Digital Awareness for Parents

    Learn more about the warning signs of cyberbullying.

  • Doing Your Part – Protecting Health Care Data

     April 27, 2022

    Doing Your Part – Protecting Health Care Data

    Information Security and Privacy Awareness Week (ISPAW) 2022. Learn how to identify and protect yourself from “vishing” scams.

  • New Phone, Who’s This? Oh, A Scam!

     April 25, 2022

    New Phone, Who’s This? Oh, A Scam!

    The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) found that 2.2 million Americans reported fraud in 2020, with the phone being the top threat. Learn how to identify and protect yourself from “vishing” scams.

  • Catch Me if You Can

     April 8, 2022

    Catch Me if You Can

    Anyone can experience identity theft, but victims are especially vulnerable during tax season. Here is what you can do to protect yourself and what to do if exposed.

  • Call Me Ishmael – All About Whaling Scams

     March 29, 2022

    Call Me Ishmael – All About Whaling Scams

    Learn more about “whaling,” highly targeted phishing attacks that are aimed at senior executives of organizations like VA.

  • Hook, Line, and Sinker – How to Up Your Phishing Game

     Jan. 24, 2022

    Hook, Line, and Sinker – How to Up Your Phishing Game

    Learn how to up your phishing game with these helpful tips from OIT’s Office of Information Security.

  • Is a Cyber Career Right for Me?

     Oct. 18, 2021

    Is a Cyber Career Right for Me?

    Kickstart your exciting career protecting data and defending digital systems.