Bee Cyber Fit: Simplifying Cybersecurity for Everyone

Sep 24 2024 27 ep. 20 mins 6
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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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