The annual National E-security Awareness Week aims to raise awareness about the importance of e-security among Australians.

The Week, being held from 5-12 June this year, will help inform home users, students and small business about the simple steps they can take to protect themselves, their families and their businesses online.

A range of events and activities are being held around Australia in metropolitan, remote and regional areas to help Australians understand e-security risks.

Five simple tips being promoted throughout the Week will help Australians use the internet in a secure and confident manner:

■Get a better, stronger password and change it at least twice a year.
■Get security software, and update and patch it regularly.
■Stop and think before you click on links or attachments from unknown sources.
■Information is valuable. Be careful about what you give away about yourself and others online.
■Log on to www.staysmartonline.gov.au for further information and to sign up for the email alert service.
If you would like more information on the Week you can contact the E-security section at the Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy on 02 6271 1112 or email onlinesecurity@dbcde.gov.au.

To Register: http://www.continuingeducationbendigo.com.au/media/pdf/publications/eSec...

The Victorian Government’s new Smart SMEs Market Validation Program will help SMEs develop innovative products, processes and services focused on meeting the future technology needs of Victorian public sector entities.
This $28M grants program will foster the establishment, growth and international competitiveness of technology SMEs by providing support in the critical R&D phase.
Learn how your company can become involved in this exciting new initiative at a free information session:

http://www.business.vic.gov.au/mvp

http://www.mmv.vic.gov.au/MarketValidationProgram

CVITC is undergoing a major refreshment of its ideas and strategies. The past yeas has given us the opportunity to begin a project that with strongly define the purpose of the Cluster and develop a path forward for the next 10 years.

Since 1999 the group has been involved in the development of IT in the Central Victoria area and has achieved many significant changes that assisted both ITC and general industry.

This next ten years should see an upward growth of the groups involvement in general industries by assisting there growth and success through advocacy in ITC issues and planning.

Your involvement in this next evolution is sort. The steering committee is keen to make contact with any person or group that is able to assist with support of offer suggestions. We are also keen to listen to any issues that may be of interest to CVITC area of services.

Please contact eo@cvitcluster.com.au.