Top Events for Cybersecurity Month

October is Cybersecurity Month and many organizations have taken the call to use these 31 days to educate and collaborate on solutions for a more secure cyber world. With over 70 cybersecurity events posted for the month of October on GovEvents, we wanted to highlight some of our picks for must attend events this month.[Tweet "Check out the top #government focused events for #Cybersecurity month #GovEventsBlog"]

• October 7: Creating a Culture of Cybersecurity at Work (webinar) - The National Association of Counties will hold a series of webinars throughout the month with this one focusing on how organizations can enhance their security practices with widely available training and educational resources.

• October 13: Closing the Desktop Security Vulnerability (webinar) - The combination of connectivity and skill can increase the risk of malicious intrusion at the desktop. This event, featuring the director of the National Information Assurance Partnership (NIAP), will talk through NIAP's new requirements as well as the new Peripheral Sharing Switch Protection Profile (PSS PP 3.0).

• October 15: Unified Cybersecurity: Strategies for Accelerated Cyber Operations (Washington, DC) - This event aims to look beyond just technology and examine how to build a cohesive strategy for security that takes advantage of the technical capabilities of solutions already in the market. Speakers are security experts from the private and public sector including officials from NIST, EPA, OPM, and DoD.

• October 22: SplunkGov Summit (Washington, DC) - While this event is catered to users (and potential customers) of Splunk's technology, the event has some big name speakers addressing the complex issue of analytics and their role in security including General Keith Alexander (ret.); Major Steve Pugh, Cyberspace Defense Officer, White House Military Office; and Eric Jeanmarie, Chief, US Cyber Defense Branch, USCIS.

• October 26: Security in the IoT Era (Washington, DC) - Organized by the Washington Homeland Security Roundtable, this event features research and perspectives from NSA researchers on cryptography and security designs for the Internet of Things.

• October 27: Face-to-Face CyberSecurity (Washington, DC) - This event is geared toward federal executives looking to better define organizational risk profiles and plan against the wide array of threats. Speakers from the Departments of Transportation, Treasury, and Commerce will share their stories.

The full list of cybersecurity events is available here. Are there other events you are looking forward to? Share your recommendations in the comments.