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Re: Faculty Acceptance of Security Awareness Education?
From: "Raymond, Jessica" <Jessica.Raymond () UNCO EDU>
Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2009 09:21:24 -0700
One thing we have found beneficial at our University is to provide staff with security information they can use personally as well as professionally. The personal aspect drives it home for them while bringing the acceptance piece in. For example, we provide training on identity theft, how to prevent it, and what to do if it happens to you. When they see how the training benefits them as a person, they begin to listen how it benefits them as an employee as well. From: The EDUCAUSE Security Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU] On Behalf Of Delaney, Cherry L. Sent: Wednesday, November 25, 2009 9:06 AM To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU Subject: Re: [SECURITY] Faculty Acceptance of Security Awareness Education? Hugh, I really credit you with getting a meeting with the Council of Deans in the first place. I applaud that you were able to get acceptance of your program but to then get them to attend an hour of content totally blows me away. I meet with the Chair of our University Senate (the faculty senate) nearly weekly and he continually reiterates that you can’t tell faculty anything or make them do anything. So I haven’t even approached them about Security Awareness “training”, a word they despise. They would laugh at receiving a certificate of participation. You have a very different environment from us. Cherry Delaney Security Training and Outreach Coordinator Purdue University YONG Hall 155 S Grant Street West Lafayette, IN 47907-2114 765-496-1288 cdelaney () purdue edu Work hours 8 - 5 Monday through Thursday. NOTE: Purdue will NEVER send an email message asking users to reply with a password or other confidential personal information such as Social Security numbers or bank account numbers. Messages requesting such information are fraudulent and should be deleted. From: The EDUCAUSE Security Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU] On Behalf Of Hugh Burley Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 2009 2:30 PM To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU Subject: Re: [SECURITY] Faculty Acceptance of Security Awareness Education? We have now begun our Information Security Awareness Campaign for faculty. After being turned down for funding for an on-line program ($15,000.00 - $30,000.00/year), I began developing my own face-2-face program last winter. Initially I had about 200 potential slides and needed to figure out how to present core content in one hour. With the assistance of a small group of ITS staff with training experience I set up an Information Security Awareness Training Team and managed to reduce the slide deck to its current length of 46 slides, which has become our Information Security Awareness Essentials presentation. This session uses TurningPoint Technologies audience response units, light humour, and a goodie basket to encourage interaction. Over time we have found that 15-25 people per session works best. Total funding for this program is $750.00. ( I have had to ask external departments to help fill the goodie basket.) Each participant receives a printed Certificate of Participation which includes a list of 25 things they can do to improve information security on the back. Faculty are encouraged to include this session on their Academic Performance And Review submission. One of the highest value additions to this campaign was when a faculty member from our Computing Department joined. This has enhanced the recognition of the program among faculty and improved the quality of presentations. Prior to launching the campaign we presented to the Council of Deans. This definitely helped to improve acceptance of the program. I am right in the thick of it now and am spending a great deal of time and effort encouraging participation. Our goal is to have approximately 1/3 of on campus faculty (~200), participate before January 2010. This week we are running six sessions and in December and we are planning to present another six to eight sessions. Other awareness building tools this year have included poster campaigns, a Cyber security awareness table in October, and maintaining an Information Security website. All of which have been modestly successful. Best of luck with your program. Regards, Hugh Burley Thompson Rivers University ITS - Senior Technology Coordinator Information Security BCCOL - 222D 250-852-6351
Jon Good <Jon.Good () UCOP EDU> 28/10/2009 4:21 pm >>>
Researching a question posed by our Academic Senate leadership: What approaches have worked at other institutions to persuade faculty to get on the security awareness bandwagon [take the “training”]? Jon Good Director, Information Security Information Resources & Communications University of California Office of the President 415 - 20th Street, 3rd Floor Oakland, CA 94612-2901 (510) 987-0518
Current thread:
- Faculty Acceptance of Security Awareness Education? Jon Good (Oct 28)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- Re: Faculty Acceptance of Security Awareness Education? Then, Keri (Oct 28)
- Re: Faculty Acceptance of Security Awareness Education? Jim Dillon (Oct 29)
- Re: Faculty Acceptance of Security Awareness Education? Patria, Patricia (Oct 30)
- Re: Faculty Acceptance of Security Awareness Education? Allison Dolan (Nov 17)
- Re: Faculty Acceptance of Security Awareness Education? Matthew Wollenweber (Nov 17)
- Re: Faculty Acceptance of Security Awareness Education? Hugh Burley (Nov 17)
- Re: Faculty Acceptance of Security Awareness Education? Delaney, Cherry L. (Nov 25)
- Re: Faculty Acceptance of Security Awareness Education? Raymond, Jessica (Nov 25)
- Re: Faculty Acceptance of Security Awareness Education? Delaney, Cherry L. (Nov 25)
- Re: Faculty Acceptance of Security Awareness Education? Hugh Burley (Nov 25)
- Re: Faculty Acceptance of Security Awareness Education? randy marchany (Nov 27)
- Re: Faculty Acceptance of Security Awareness Education? Ozzie Paez (Nov 27)
- Re: Faculty Acceptance of Security Awareness Education? Eric Case (Nov 27)
- Re: Faculty Acceptance of Security Awareness Education? Terri Jones (Nov 29)
- Re: Faculty Acceptance of Security Awareness Education? Allison Dolan (Nov 30)
- Re: Faculty Acceptance of Security Awareness Education? Ozzie Paez (Nov 30)
- Re: Faculty Acceptance of Security Awareness Education? Matthew Wollenweber (Nov 30)
- Re: Faculty Acceptance of Security Awareness Education? Delaney, Cherry L. (Nov 30)
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