It’s that time of the year again …  faculty returns to campus eager to meet a new group of bright eyed students and the new cybersecurity awareness training for current employees goes live. Yes, I am sure you have all been waiting with bated breath for the new training and just can’t wait to get started.

The good news is this year’s pre-test only has 22 questions. The bad news is for some topics there are only three questions, so if you only get one wrong you will be assigned training. We are less than pleased with this solution and are looking at new ways to deliver the training in the future. Your patience with this process is appreciated.

On a more positive note,  there will be new monthly videos. Sadly (or fortunately depending on your tastes) we have worked our way through the entire Cyber Guys series. Starting in October, a new video series, “When Emotions Run High” will be launched. The two minute videos focus on how to take the stress out of being cybersafe with simple straight forward tips. It was chosen by our focus group which included members from across the campus. After watching the videos they felt empowered and more confident in their ability to spot and stop cyber attacks. We hope they will leave you feeling the same way.

To encourage and reward those that take time out of their busy day to watch the videos, everyone who views them will be entered in the monthly Random Acts of Cybersecuriy draw. The winner of the draw gets to spin the prize wheel. Every spin is a win.

Supervisors are also winners this training year as we are updating our training platform enrollment process to ensure we have accurate and up to date information on employees and who they report to. When training status reports go out in March, supervisors won’t have to waste time letting me know who is missing from their team and who has left.

We hope that these updates to the cybersecurity awareness program will help you become more confident and empower you to stay cybersafe. If you have feedback on the program, suggestions on how to make it better or would like to particpate in future focus groups, please fill out our feedback form.