October is National Cyber Security Month, a nationwide campaign designed to increase understanding of Internet security and help the public avoid malicious threats on the Internet. Plan to attend one or more of the following events and register each time to win several awesome prizes, including gift cards, and more!
This year’s theme is ‘Stranger Things’, enticing you to learn more about security risks and stranger links so you will be better informed and empowered to protect yourself and your data. Throughout the month of October, IS is hosting multiple events to help prevent your world from being ‘turned upside down’ due to a cybersecurity incident. Also, check your mailbox for a special treat, bookmark our calendar of events below, and follow IS on Twitter @ WFUIS and Instagram @ WFUIS_official for more information about weekly events.
Please join IS for our October campaign to learn more about these Stranger Things!
Monthly Events
Information Sessions:
Monday, October 8 – 12pm-2pm
Tuesday, October 9 – 1pm-3pm
Benson Food Court
Faculty and staff focused – come learn about the importance of longer, stronger passwords, backing up your data, and utilizing CrashPlan. T-shirt giveaway and opportunities to win other prizes!
Information Sessions:
Monday, October 15 – 12pm-2pm
Tuesday, October 16 – 1pm-3pm
Benson Food Court
Student-focused – learn more about how to beware of attachments and downloads, what you share on social media, managing your personal data, and limiting access to your information. T-shirt giveaway and opportunities to win other prizes! Don’t click links-nothing is free!
Horror Film and a special feature:
Friday, October 25 – 8:00pm, Us
Pugh Auditorium
Come a few minutes early for a special featurette of short films produced by Brianna Derr in Academic Technologies prior to the Student Union showing of Us! We’ll be giving away t-shirts and snacks!
Cybersecurity Guest Speaker:
Tuesday, October 29 – 3pm-5pm
Pugh Auditorium
IS is proud to present a cybersecurity lecture featuring Joe Marshall, Cisco Intelligence Group. Come out and learn about the latest cybersecurity threats and how you can protect yourself against them. Door prize will be given and must be present to win!
Joe Marshall is a security researcher for the Outreach Team with Cisco Talos Intelligence Group, one of the largest commercial threat intelligence teams in the world. Joe specializes in industrial control systems, critical infrastructure protection, and IoT device security. Joe has worked with public and private industry around the world to help secure critical ICS and IoT assets from threats both mundane and exotic. Joe resides in Baltimore Maryland, where he can be found knee deep in threat research and helping keep the Internet safe.