Re: Tell Us How Your National Cyber Security Awareness Month Plans Are Going!

[Hugh Burley <Hburley () TRU CA>]

Today was Cyber Security Awareness Day at Thompson Rivers University.
 
We set up a table on Student Street and had students complete a paper
and pencil quiz for a chance to win a $100 bookstore or food services
gift card, had an information security poster scavenger hunt, handed out
Hallowe'en candy, and are running awareness training sessions for
faculty and staff all week.
 
Total participation is estimated at around 500 students and 200
staff/faculty. Total populations are 8,000 and 1,500 respectively.
 
The poster scavenger hunt was surprisingly successful and easy to run.
We offered a $2 food/coffee card for returning one of 35 posters and
they all came back within 4 hours. I will likely expand this next year
as the students really seemed to like it.  This is the fourth time I
have run the information security quiz and it is generally pretty
effective.  It gets students to spend about three minutes thinking about
information security and provides me with a metric of student
performance.
 
 
Hugh Burley
Thompson Rivers University
ITS - Senior Technology Coordinator
Information Security Officer
CISSP, CIPP/C, CISA
Security, Privacy, Audit
BCCOL - 222D
250-852-6351

> > > "McElroy, Lori L" <lm50 () TXSTATE EDU> 10/24/11 3:40 pm >>>

This is the last full week of National Cyber Security Awareness Month
2011, but it’s not too late to participate! Let us know:
 
·        How are your security awareness initiatives going? 
·        Are you doing anything you consider to be really fun and
different? 
·        How are you reaching students on campus?
 
Here are a few initiatives that are just a little off the beaten
track:
 
Georgetown University held an Information Security Jeopardy game for
staff. The institution also presents a data security recognition award
each year.
·         Brown University hosted an Information Security Group booth
during the “Be Safe Brown!” Campus Safety Resource Fair. 
·         RIT’s Information Security Office has a Facebook page with
over 5,000 fans! They hold a “membership drive” each fall.
https://www.facebook.com/RITInfosec 
·         The University of Cincinnati offered demonstrations, invited
guest vendors, and held a “Shred It” event on campus.
·         Holyoke Community College hosted the 5th annual Pioneer
Valley Information Security Awareness Conference.
·         The University of Northern Colorado chose the topic of “Don’t
be a Zombie about Mobile Device Security” and developed postcards,
posters, and table tents. During the campus Annual Health and Safety
Fair, they had a booth and offered iPhone cases with the university logo
and URL to the cyber security website.
·         Texas State University is holding the 5th running  of the
Cyber Security Awareness Day  security conference on October 26th
·         Several institutions, including Tulane University, started
offering the SANS Securing The Human security awareness training program
for staff this month.
As in previous years, the Higher Education Information Security Council
(HEISC), the National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA), and the Department
of Homeland Security (DHS) continue to make getting involved even
easier. 
 
Suggested EDUCAUSE resources:
·         Resource Kit for National Cyber Security Awareness Month (see
what other campuses are doing), http://tinyurl.com/NCSAMresourcekit 
·         Sample Kit for National Cyber Security Awareness Month,
http://tinyurl.com/NCSAMsamplekit 
·         Cybersecurity Awareness Resource Library,
http://tinyurl.com/NCSAMresourcelibrary 
·         Community Based Security Awareness efforts,
http://tinyurl.com/communityawareness 
·         Information Security Awareness Poster & Video Contest
2006-2011 Winners, http://www.youtube.com/user/SecurityVideoContest and
http://www.facebook.com/secvideocontest 
Additional resources:
·         MS-ISAC toolkit,
http://msisac.cisecurity.org/resources/toolkit/ 
·         OnGuardOnline.gov, http://onguardonline.gov/ 
·         StaySafeOnline.org resources,
http://www.staysafeonline.org/ncsam 
·         Stop.Think.Connect. campaign & toolkit,
http://www.dhs.gov/files/events/stop-think-connect.shtm 
If you have questions or need additional information, please contact
HEISC (security-council () educause edu (
mailto:security-council () educause edu?subject=NCSAM%202009%20Plans ))
or NCSA (info () staysafeonline org).
 
 
Thank you,
 
Lori McElroy
Texas State University
HEISC Awareness & Training Working Group Member