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DHS Announces Cybersecurity Awareness Campaign

The Department of Homeland Security has launched a Cybersecurity Awareness Campaign to raise public engagement on the issue. They have announced a competition seeking ideas from industry and individuals on how to best tackle the problem of engaging the general public in understanding the importance of securing digital devices from threats. A public education campaign for a Web 2.0 world seems to the goal. Deadline for submitting ideas is April 30, 2010, submit proposals to cyberchallenge@dhs.gov. If you have questions they should go to challengequestions@dhs.gov