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Hosting a Successful Virtual Awareness Campaign during the COVID-19 Pandemic

During a year when in-person events faded to distant memory and “pivot” became the most common workplace lingo, one question often loomed larger than others: “how do we continue to engage meaningfully with our students, faculty, and staff?” The Information Security (InfoSec) Team has always prioritized cybersecurity awareness among our Wake Forest Community, and wrestled with this very question as National Cybersecurity Month approached in 2020. In the article below, the InfoSec Team explains the variety of methods (and resulting outcomes) employed to successfully facilitate engagement, foster critical thinking, and provide learning takeaways for participants despite the challenges that a virtual environment presented. 

Presenter Information

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Stephen Bertino

Chief Information Security Officer, Information Systems

Steve Bertino has been the Chief Information Security Officer at Wake Forest for three years. Steve’s experience includes 20+ years of progressive information technology, business and cyber security leadership. His career spans the financial, manufacturing and high-ed sectors.

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Justin Leffue

Security Engineer, Information Security, Information Systems

Justin Leffue holds the title of IS Security Engineer for Wake Forest University. Specializations encompassed in this role include vulnerability management and threat analysis. He is an active member of the Information Systems Security Association North Carolina Triad Chapter, is inspired by the art of pen testing, and holds two masters degrees in management and cybersecurity. He is also Microsoft MCSE and Cisco CCNP:Security certified.

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Jeff Teague

Assistant Director Information Security, Information Systems

Jeffrey Teague, Assistant Director of Information Security, has been a member of the WFU Information Systems Security team for ten years. He specializes in the security support of compliance matters such as Payment Card Industry (PCI), and Gramm Leach Bliley Act (GLBA), as well as security investigation and incident analysis. He is a member of the PCI Committee, and the Institutional Review Board; he is a Certified Information System Auditor (CISA), and a PCI Internal Security Assessor (PCI-ISA).

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Sarah Thomas

Communications and Outreach Administrator, Information Systems

Sarah Thomas is a member of the Information Systems Client Experience and Digital Communications (CEDC) and Security teams in Information Systems. Sarah joined the IS department as a Wake Forest Fellow in 2018. After an immersive fellowship year, she joined CEDC and Security where she has been working for the last two years. She supports the WakeWare and KnowBe4 programs, facilitates Zoom training, and leads the Student Technology Advisory Committee, and supports other IS communication related projects.

One response to “Hosting a Successful Virtual Awareness Campaign during the COVID-19 Pandemic”

  1. Great information and presentation – thank you Tech X committee for allowing the security team to present this to the WFU community. Best regards,
    Jeff

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