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Re: key topics to include in security awareness training materials


From: Leon DuPree <duprleo () GMAIL COM>
Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2009 15:00:04 -0500

Marty,

How do you guys address the social networking websites with staff, faculty
and students.
In corporate and government security these thing are pretty much blocked.

How do you manage it?  Policy? Advisement?


Thanks

Leon DuPree
LSA-IT Intern University of Michigan Ann Arbor

On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 2:50 PM, Peterman, Martin (mdp4s) <mdp4s () virginia edu
wrote:

We have a few efforts that are on-going such as

-an online tutorial (facts about IT security and then questions)
-yearly assessment of strategy for our various populations
-a community outreach program (www.whoswatchingcharlottesville.org)
-a big push for October (National Cyber Security Awareness Month)
-our IT security web site (www.itc.virginia.edu)

We periodically reassess our awareness needs and also cast an eye towards
popular media to see what is holding the attention of people.

Of late, we have been raising awareness around sensitive data (employees),
phishing (everyone), and social online networks (mostly students).

Please contact me offlist if you have any questions.

Thanks,
Marty

Marty Peterman, CISSP
peterman () virginia edu
Information Security Analyst
Information Security, Policy, and Records Office (ISPRO)
Office of the Vice President/CIO
University of Virginia, 2400 Old Ivy Rd.                 Phone
 434.243.4909
Box 400898, Charlottesville, VA 22904-4898               Fax
 434.243.9197
http://www.itc.virginia.edu/security/


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SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU] On Behalf Of Matthew Gracie
Sent: Friday, February 06, 2009 8:20 AM
To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
Subject: Re: [SECURITY] key topics to include in security awareness
training materials

Tim Cline wrote:
Greetings,

I wanted to send a very general email message to start a conversation on
security awareness. For those of you who have something that you
currently use for security awareness training and dissemination of
information, whether developed in-house or third-party courseware
management platform, could you send a reply and let me know what are the
key topics that you are covering?

* Choosing a good password, and not sharing it.

* Recognizing and avoiding phishing scams.

* IT will never ask for your password over the phone or in an email.
Honest.

That covers the vast, vast majority of potential problems. One of the
issues with doing security training is scope creep -- you feel that with
the campus community listening, you should tell them about _everything_
they need to know in information security. Don't. Instead, focus on a
few simple things, because bombarding end users with information just
guarantees that they won't retain any of it.

--Matt

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Matt Gracie                         (716) 888-8378
Information Security Administrator  graciem () canisius edu
Canisius College ITS                Buffalo, NY
http://www2.canisius.edu/~graciem/graciem_public_key.gpg




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