Re: DHS Announces the Release of New Training Course: Workplace Security Awareness

[Walter Petruska <wpetruska () USFCA EDU>]

Let's consider how we may respond and help to create a safer world here-

Okay- there are some problems.  Let's view our collective responses thus far
as a knee-jerk reaction.  Should we gather our opinions into a statement and
forward to the program administrators, along with recommended alternatives?

The courses themselves look pretty good- I've just had a peek into one of
them. Easy to find, easy to access, free, relevant.

At least they HAVE created this material, and they ARE putting it out to
there to a wide audience.

Let's help them to improve the program, and perhaps we can also look at
their offerings, and recommend some areas which they have not yet covered!?

There are CEUs and some courses carry 'college credit'.  So, certainly,
there are many out there who will be drawn to this combination of: access to
relevant training, zero cost, CEUs to maintain certs, and education credit
for those who need it (in public, private and NGO sectors).

How do others feel about providing them a formal reply with 'Thanks- nice
job, however, you may wish to address the following issues: a, b, c; and we
recommend the following topics for further development: x, y, z.

*Walter Petruska CISSP, CISA, CGEIT*
Information Security Officer
infosec.usfca.edu

*University of San Francisco*
Lone Mountain North - 226
2130 Fulton Street
San Francisco, CA 94117
ITS Help Desk, Phone: 415-422-6668
Security Services Fax: 415-422-6719


On Fri, Apr 22, 2011 at 12:12 PM, Sarazen, Daniel <dsarazen () umassp edu>wrote:

> Hi hear you David, but I'm more concerned about the tone this sets for
> those relatively uninitiated in the field of IT Security and risk.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: The EDUCAUSE Security Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:
> SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU] On Behalf Of David Escalante
> Sent: Friday, April 22, 2011 3:04 PM
> To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
> Subject: Re: [SECURITY] DHS Announces the Release of New Training Course:
> Workplace Security Awareness
>
>
> On Apr 22, 2011, at 2:47 PM, Mclaughlin, Kevin (mclaugkl) wrote:
>
> > Unreal, just unreal.  Maybe this is their way to push for a federal
> identifier, you know- a group of characters that will uniquely identify each
> .... Oh wait a minute - never mind.
>
> To be fair, it is largely people in private industry (and even, gasp,
> higher ed, when "everyone" used SSN as their identifier some years ago) who
> have chosen to use knowledge of an SSN as a means of authentication for
> access to financially significant services.  As a federal identifier, it is
> benign.
> --
> David



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*Walter Petruska CISSP, CISA, CGEIT*
*Information Security Officer*
infosec.usfca.edu

*University of San Francisco*
Lone Mountain North - 226
2130 Fulton Street
San Francisco, CA 94117
*ITS Help Desk*, Phone: 415-422-6668
Fax: 415-422-6719