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

From: Valdis Kletnieks <Valdis.Kletnieks () VT EDU>
Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2011 12:00:18 -0400

On Tue, 26 Apr 2011 11:40:14 EDT, "McClenon, Braden" said:

Iâm lost on what the issue is here.  Is it the federal government asking for your SSN# to identify you?


Issue:  Security training course starts off with asking for the sort of info
that is usually done as part of a phish.  Sure, they have the *right* to do it,
but is it really the sort of example you want DHS to be setting?

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  - Re: DHS Announces the Release of New Training Course: Workplace Security Awareness Kevin Skelly (Apr 22)
  - Re: DHS Announces the Release of New Training Course: Workplace Security Awareness Don Cochran (Apr 22)
- DHS Announces the Release of New Training Course: Workplace Security Awareness Dennis Meharchand (Apr 22)
  - Re: DHS Announces the Release of New Training Course: Workplace Security Awareness Valdis Kletnieks (Apr 22)
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- Re: DHS Announces the Release of New Training Course: Workplace Security Awareness Theodore Pham (Apr 22)
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  - Re: DHS Announces the Release of New Training Course: Workplace Security Awareness McClenon, Braden (Apr 26)
    - Re: DHS Announces the Release of New Training Course: Workplace Security Awareness Valdis Kletnieks (Apr 26)
    - Re: DHS Announces the Release of New Training Course: Workplace Security Awareness Basgen, Brian (Apr 26)
    - Re: DHS Announces the Release of New Training Course: Workplace Security Awareness Dr. Wole Akpose (Apr 26)
    - Re: DHS Announces the Release of New Training Course: Workplace Security Awareness McClenon, Braden (Apr 26)
    - Re: DHS Announces the Release of New Training Course: Workplace Security Awareness Mclaughlin, Kevin (mclaugkl) (Apr 26)
    - Re: DHS Announces the Release of New Training Course: Workplace Security Awareness Greg Schaffer (Apr 26)
    - Re: DHS Announces the Release of New Training Course: Workplace Security Awareness Solem, Vik P. (Apr 26)
    - Re: DHS Announces the Release of New Training Course: Workplace Security Awareness Mclaughlin, Kevin (mclaugkl) (Apr 26)
    - Re: DHS Announces the Release of New Training Course: Workplace Sec Dexter Caldwell (Apr 27)
    - Re: DHS Announces the Release of New Training Course: Workplace Sec Dr. Wole Akpose (Apr 27)