Oct. 1 marks the beginning of Cybersecurity Awareness Month. To celebrate we have  fun activities to participate in and prizes to give away.

The Virtual Treasure Hunt returns this year. Solve puzzles, collect clues and find Blue Beard’s treasure. Everyone who finds the treasure is entered into a draw for an Anker PowerWare 10 Dual Pad wireless charger donated by Proofpoint. To make things even more fun, each clue you find gives you an entry into a draw for a spin of the prize wheel. The prize wheel is loaded with fun prizes such as travel mugs, reuable memo pads, insulated mugs, golf shirts and more. The first treasure hunt clue is dropped on Oct. 3. However you can register anytime before Oct. 31 and still participate.  Registration is open now. Students, staff and faculty can all register. Sign up and get in on the fun.

Also returning is the Random Acts of Cybersecurity program. Starting Oct. 1 you can nominate a colleague for being cybersafe. Each nomination will earn the nominee AND the nominator one entry into a draw to spin the prize wheel. Two winners will be selected, one nominee and one nominator. Share with your colleagues the cybersafe things you are doing and get nominated or ask your colleagues how they are being cybersafe and start nominating. The program will run until the end of March 2023. Unfortunately only staff and faculty can participate. A big thank you to our sponsors, Proofpoint, Paolo Alto and CDW.