 This is Monica Vargas, Cal OAS Public Information Officer, and today we are talking with Keith Tresch, the California Cyber Security Integration Center commander, where we'll be talking about Cyber Monday and how to shop online safely. So thank you, Keith, for being here. We really appreciate your time. So in a nutshell, what do you do as commander of the Cyber Security Integration Center? So the governor's executive order basically created the California Cyber Security Integration Center for threat intelligence, communication, as it pertains to cyber and cyber threats, and then improving our communication and our cyber posture overall. All right. So cyber security is super important in this day and age. So what are the things that people should be on the lookout for when they're shopping online? So there's a couple of things. One is there are scams all over the place. So for example, there's been some Facebook scams on, hey, check this great deal out. So the best thing to do is always do research on it and or go to the, if it's like an ad for, hey, you know, get these things from pennies or from Macy's, go to their actual website versus clicking on the link that they provide. Okay. So a lot of us are traveling. We're going back to our hometowns and we might not have access to our home Wi-Fi. Is public Wi-Fi safe? Never. Public Wi-Fi is so open. I always tell folks, never do banking, anything to do with money or your personal information on public Wi-Fi. So shopping is never recommended. And would you say it's important to have a security program on your computer? Absolutely. It keeps or helps prevent, you know, cyber identity theft, which is big and it can prevent your computer from becoming infected with viruses that could potentially, you know, lead to identity theft as well. Are there any key things to look forward to know if a website is real or if it's safe? Sure. You can hover over them and you can actually cut and paste a website into, there's a site that's called Who Is and it will tell you where it is or I'm sorry, who owns it. But there are several things to do. You should never just click on something without having looked at it, research it. So potentially just maybe hovering over it and making sure, because one of the things they like to do is take one letter that's misspelled and it'll direct you somewhere else. So one of the things to look out for mainly is are you being redirected somewhere? So things like that. Okay. And give us the big picture. Why is cybersecurity so important, whether it's from our day-to-day at work on a computer to online shopping or just why does it matter? Basically identity theft and or theft of information that could potentially do harm to you, your family and or the business that you're working in or for. All of the threat actors out there are looking for ways to either get ahead or to make money or to just steal identities. And so having a being safe and keeping your systems at home is important because you probably keep banking and even information on your children and things of that nature on your computer at home. So it's always a good idea to keep it updated. And if you go shopping, I would recommend keeping your antivirus updated even after you go through and checking it out. All right. So what are the top three things online shoppers need to keep in mind in order to be safe? So again, don't ever do your shopping in a public forum or on public Wi-Fi. Make sure that the sites you're going to are legitimate and so do some research and or make sure that the links you're going to are, you know, not being redirected somewhere else. And the other thing is don't ever accept or think that something's too good to be true because if it is or if it sounds like it, it probably is. All right. Thank you. So with that, we thank cybersecurity expert, Keith Tresch, commander of the California Cyber Security Integration Center for his time and safe shopping. Thank you.