Congratulations to our Prize Winners!

The results of this afternoon's prize drawing are in and here are our winners:

• Beatpill bluetooth speaker system - Ann Salchow, Information Resources
• iPod Shuffle - Kahlia Ford, Biostatistics
• $10 Amazon gift certificate - Susan Hudson, Cancer Center
• FREE Lunch from Courtyard Cafe - Judy Brohammer, School of Medicine
• FREE Lunch from Courtyard Cafe - Gail Alvarez, Information Resources

The Information Security staff would like to thank everyone that participated in and helped us organize this week's events for National Computer Security Awareness Month. We hope you found it to be both educational and fun!

For those that have asked....we'll be posting all the slides and handouts from the sessions here in the next few days. If you couldn't join us this week, we'll be hosting these same sessions beginning in November.  And Black Friday shopping season is coming up, so we hope you'll join us for our session titled "Safe Shopping Online".

Stay safe!

Take the CyberSecurity Pledge

This year's celebration of National Cyber Security Awareness Month  is coming to a close, and we hope that all of you had fun while learning about the important role each of us plays in securing cyberspace.  

Please consider joining with thousands of other individuals across the country who are asserting their commitment to online safety by making the National Cyber Pledge affirming that you will take security seriously and use safe computing practices both at home and at work.

I pledge to:

• Take personal responsibility for security and use good security practices.
• Pause and consider the risk before I connect to the Internet.
• Lock my computer whenever I leave my work area.
• Treat my mobile device like the powerful computer it is, and protect it -- both physically as well as by activating security features such as password and anti-lock, anti-virus software, and remote wipe.
• Use strong passwords, and create a separate one for each account.
• Never share my password with anyone.
• Follow my organization's policy and promptly report all security incidents or concerns to my organization's security office or contact.
• Safeguard sensitive data from any inappropriate disclosure.
• Not post personal, sensitive, or non-public information on social media.
• Not participate in any cyber bullying activities.
• Raise awareness of good security practices among my family, friends, colleagues, and community.

 
If you do the pledge, please encourage your friends, family, co-workers, and neighbors—everyone you can—to do the same!  If we each pledge to do our part to make our piece of cyber space just a little bit more secure, we can truly make a difference in helping protect our nation's cyber assets.

Join Us For Lunch Today: Mobile Devices and Cloud Security

Our last session is today!  We hope you can join us today from noon to 1 p.m. for:

 

We have had an overwhelming number of people sign up and have moved to a bigger room so that everyone can attend.

Note that the session has been moved from 1049 School of Nursing to Lied Auditorium.

 

And don't forget about those great prizes we're giving away!  Attendees will gain 2 more entries into the weekly prize raffle that will happen at 3:30 this afternoon.

Join Us for Lunch Today: Privacy and Social Media

"Great discussion!"

 

"Fantastic!"

 

"Awesome!."

Those are just some of the great comments we received as feedback from yesterday's Lunch 'n Learn session on password management.  Today's session promises to be just as good and is jampacked with information that you need to keep yourself and your family safe when they use social media.  Best of all, it's all FREE!

 

We hope you can join us today from noon to 1 p.m. for:
 

 

And don't forget about those great prizes we're giving away!  Attendees will gain 2 more entries into the weekly prize raffle.

 

http://www.kumc.edu/information-resources/technology-training-classes-and-resources/ir-training-calendar.html

It's the Hottest New Game: Secdoku!

Two more days left of National Computer Security Awareness Month and it's time for another fun game.

 

Sudoku fans will love this twist on their beloved game from Native Intelligence, Inc.. 

 

First the rules:  Each of the 9 grids, each row, and each column must spell out the word "SECURITY".   The same letter cannot appear more than once in a grid, row or column.

 

 

 

Good luck!

 

(If you give up, you can find the answers here.)

Join Us for Lunch Today: Top 10 FREE Security Tools

"Very informative!"

 

"Thanks for the handout.  I'm definitely going to use it!"

 

"Could you repeat this one? Many of my co-workers could

benefit from this info."

Those are just some of the great comments we received as feedback from yesterday's Lunch 'n Learn session on password management.  Today's session promises to be just as good and is jampacked with information that every computer user needs to know.  Best of all, it's all FREE!

 

We hope you can join us today from noon to 1 p.m. for:

 

 

And don't forget about those great prizes we're giving away!  Attendees will gain 2 more entries into the weekly prize raffle.

Online Security Scavenger Hunt

Who wants an extra entry into the prize drawing this week?  Okay, okay....sit down and warm up your keyboard because we're going on a whirlwind tour of the Internet to learn some tips and trivia that will help us stay secure.    And, if you can't make our Lunch 'n Learn sessions, this is a way you can still get in on winning a prize.

It's an online security scavenger hunt!

Rules of the Hunt: 

• You must answer all 8 questions correctly to be eligible for the prize drawing.
• Submit your answers to Information Security via email (kumc-security@kumc.edu) with the subject line "NCSAM Answers".
• Entries must be received by 3 p.m. on Friday, November 1st.
• All eligible entries meeting these requirements will receive one entry into the prize drawing on Friday.
• You must be an employee or student of the University, UKP, RI or other University-affiliated organization to win a prize. Unfortunately, Hospital staff are not eligible to win.

Ready to get started?  Here are the questions.  Good luck!

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1.       The University considers the protection of protected health information, social security numbers and other sensitive data to be extremely important.  What does the Sensitive Information policy say about sharing sensitive information with third-party online application services like iCloud, Google or Amazon?  (HINT: Go here)

2.       Watch this quick video on phishing from Penn State (it’s just 2 minutes long, we promise!)  How many people fall victim to phishing scams every year in the United States?

3.       If you’re using Windows XP or Microsoft Office 2003, you’ll need to upgrade soon because Microsoft is no longer going to issue security updates for those versions.  What’s the date that support for Windows XP will end?  (HINT: look here)

4.       Poor Mat Honan got hacked and lost everything on his iPhone, iPad and Macbook.  While there are many, name one thing that he could have done to prevent it from happening.

5.       Checking your credit report every three months is an important way to make sure that someone doesn’t open bank accounts or loans in your name in an effort to steal your identity. What is the ONLY authorized website where you can request free copies your credit reports?  (HINT:  Visit the FTC’s website)

6.       Watch this video from SANS on safe social networking.  What’s the best way to protect yourself do to protect yourself on social networking sites?

7.      According to McAfee’s 10 Quick Tips to Mobile Security e-Guide, what’s the #1 thing you should do to protect your smartphone or tablet?  (HINT:  Google the name of the e-guide to find it.)

8.       Watch this video from OnGuardOnline.gov to learn some general tips on computer security.  What you should you do if you get a pop-up on your screen that says you have a virus and need to buy some software to remove it?