Ideas at 'Moonshot' workshop focus on message that 'only you can prevent cyber attacks'

Participants in workshops on the federal government's “Moonshot” initiative are praising officials for engaging policy thinkers in addition to technologists, and say the discussions have centered on how to get society at large to make better digital decisions, as they attempt to narrow the focus for a “grand challenge” toward securing the internet within a decade.

The idea of sponsoring a public service announcement campaign in the vein of the U.S. Forest Service's Smokey Bear, who sought to empower Americans...