{"id":46937,"date":"2017-10-03T10:46:01","date_gmt":"2017-10-03T14:46:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=46937"},"modified":"2017-10-03T10:46:01","modified_gmt":"2017-10-03T14:46:01","slug":"workshops-planned-to-enhance-cyber-security-on-campus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2017\/10\/workshops-planned-to-enhance-cyber-security-on-campus\/","title":{"rendered":"Workshops planned to enhance cyber security on campus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Brock ITS is marking National Cyber Security Awareness Month with a series of workshops to educate the University community about the risks of living, working and socializing in a connected world.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cyber-criminals target members of the Brock University community daily, said Andy Morgan, Director, Client Services for Brock ITS. \u201cPhishing attacks are a common occurrence in Brock inboxes, spear phishing attacks are becoming more frequent and social engineering attacks directed at individuals are on the rise,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ransomware has also been detected on a few Brock devices in the last few weeks. \u201cThe continued diligence of the entire Brock community will help keep Brock University data and systems out of the hands of cyber-criminals looking to profit from mistakes,\u201d Morgan said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Educational workshops planned for October include:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hacked and Ransomware Workshop on Wednesday, Oct. 4 from 9 to 9:30 a.m. in the Computer Commons training room<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Securing your mobile device on Wednesday, Oct. 11 from 9 to 9:30 a.m. in the Computer Commons training room<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A presentation on cyber security awareness by Brock\u2019s security team on Tuesday, Oct. 17 from 11 a.m. to noon in Academic South 201<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Encryption \u2013 it\u2019s easier than you think on Wednesday, Oct. 18 from 10:30 to 11 a.m. in the Computer Commons training room<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Faculty and staff can register for the workshops on Brock\u2019s Focus on Learning webpage, available through the Human Resources, Environment and Health and Safety website.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If there are concerns about an e-mail, phone call or unexplained happenings on any device, call the Brock Help Desk at ext. 4357.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe are here to help,\u201d Morgan said. \u201cRemember to \u2018think before you click.\u2019\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brock ITS is marking National Cyber Security Awareness Month with a series of workshops to educate the University community about the risks of living, working and socializing in a connected world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":38329,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1,4665],"tags":[5639,5331,3190,5844],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46937"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46937"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46937\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46938,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46937\/revisions\/46938"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38329"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46937"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46937"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46937"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}