Bee Cyber Fit: Simplifying Cybersecurity for Everyone

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Confused about the latest cybercrime in the news? Overwhelmed by trying to figure out if an incident applies to you? Want to learn simple, actionable steps to keep you and your family safe online? Introducing Bee Cyber Fit, a podcast for the Yale University community and beyond. We’ll cut through the cyber mumbo jumbo and make cybersecurity awareness easy to digest. Every two weeks we’ll share compelling cyber stories, make sense of buzzwords and share a simple call to action. Scammers are ever more sophisticated in the ways they try to trick us. And we’re all potential victims. Let us help keep you safe with a podcast about cybersecurity for everyone! Because it only takes simple steps to be cyber fit.

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Join us for another insightful episode of the Bee Cyber Fit podcast that builds on our January episode about building cyber habits that are simple and sustainable. We discuss the outcomes of our 21-day Cyber Habit Challenge at Yale, designed to bolster cybersecurity know-how among the university community. We know that even the smallest of habits can protect our online presence. We

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May 16 2023 21 mins

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May 02 2023 42 mins

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Apr 18 2023 14 mins

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Apr 04 2023 17 mins

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