Re: Security Awareness for students

[Christopher Penido <chris.penido () NYU EDU>]

Hi Colleen,

Thank you for that information. I was curious to know if EduCause had
a security awareness discussion board / mailing list or should all
such discussions be directed to the standard Security mailing list?

Best,

Christopher

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Christopher Penido
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NYU  \ ITS Technology Security Services  \  security () nyu edu
chris.penido () nyu edu
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On Sep 25, 2006, at 2:11 PM, Colleen Keller wrote:

> Hi Christopher,
>
> The EDUCAUSE Resource Center has a page on "Security Awareness"
> that may
> be of interest to you. http://www.educause.edu/Browse/645?
> PARENT_ID=639
>
> And there is also the EDUCAUSE/Internet2 Computer and Network Security
> Task Force Cybersecurity Awareness Resource Library
> http://www.educause.edu/SecurityAwarenessResourceLibrary/8762 , which
> has cybersecurity awareness resources for colleges and universities.
>
> Please let me know if you have any questions, thank you.
>
> Colleen Keller
> Information Specialist
> EDUCAUSE, 4772 Walnut Street, Suite 206
> Boulder, CO 80301-2538
> Phone (303) 939-0309, FAX (303) 440-0461 www.educause.edu
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Christopher Penido [mailto:chris.penido () NYU EDU]
> Sent: Monday, September 25, 2006 11:03 AM
> To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
> Subject: [SECURITY] Security Awareness for students
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> I am currently the new Network Security Analyst at NYU and I'm working
> on several security awareness projects for 2006-07. While our group
> has
> had successes in the past in providing security training and holding
> security awareness events for our Systems Administrators and staff, we
> have had a more challenging time in marketing those sessions and their
> content to our student body. Students are simply not interested in
> security awareness because they have more pressing issues to tend
> to on
> a daily basis.
>
> With October being Security Awareness month, I would like to query the
> EduCause community on some of the successful practices employed in
> bringing more security awareness to the student community. I was
> particularly interested to know if any group has found success in
> reaching out to students via alternative communication methods, i.e.
> via MySpace, Facebook, YouTube, iTunes, University-hosted security
> blogs, etc..
>
> These newer types of methods interest me because they would appear to
> break the "mold" of how things are currently done by some security
> groups. Communicating through those aforementioned channels holds a
> strong potential as being an effective means of communication given
> that
> students frequently communicate through them and they are comfortable
> with that technology.
>
> If anyone has any thoughts on this, it would be most welcome :)
>
> If this is supposed to go in another discussion forum, please let me
> know.
>
> Best,
>
> Christopher
>
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> Christopher Penido
> Network Security Analyst
> NYU  \ ITS Technology Security Services  \  security () nyu edu
> chris.penido () nyu edu
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