{"id":83307,"date":"2023-01-31T15:18:19","date_gmt":"2023-01-31T20:18:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=83307"},"modified":"2023-01-31T21:03:19","modified_gmt":"2023-02-01T02:03:19","slug":"workshops-portal-aim-to-help-brock-community-level-up-cybersecurity-awareness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2023\/01\/workshops-portal-aim-to-help-brock-community-level-up-cybersecurity-awareness\/","title":{"rendered":"Workshops, portal aim to help Brock community \u2018level up\u2019 cybersecurity awareness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Brock University\u2019s Information Technology Services team has launched a new awareness campaign\u00a0aimed at educating students, staff, faculty and librarians about\u00a0cybersecurity attacks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The \u2018Cybersecurity Level Up Campaign\u2019 will take place throughout February and <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">feature the relaunch of Brock\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/csa.brocku.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Cybersecurity Awareness portal<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, new training opportunities and a phishing simulation contest.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cCybercriminals are getting more creative and have levelled up their cyberattacks,\u201d said Sean Meloney, IT Security Analyst. \u201cOur hope is that the campaign will help the Brock community level up their cybersecurity awareness so they continue to be one step ahead.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Students and employees are encouraged to browse through the newly relaunched <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/csa.brocku.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Cybersecurity Awareness Portal<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> for real-time examples of the latest phishing emails and security alerts, enrol in <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/csa.brocku.ca\/workshops\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">cybersecurity training workshops<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, view recommendations and training progress, and participate in a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/csa.brocku.ca\/phishing_training\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">phishing simulation<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> for a chance to win a prize. Workshops include cybersecurity 101, avoiding phishing attacks, ransomware and protecting private data.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Questions about the Cybersecurity Level Up Campaign or its initiatives can be directed to\u202f<\/span><a href=\"mailto:itsecurity@brocku.ca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">itsecurity@brocku.ca<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brock University\u2019s Information Technology Services team has launched a new awareness campaign\u00a0aimed at educating students, staff, faculty and librarians about\u00a0cybersecurity attacks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":83308,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7484,7,3319,1],"tags":[5331,4428,3190,5766,9785,7822,8159],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83307"}],"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=83307"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83307\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":83315,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83307\/revisions\/83315"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/83308"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83307"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83307"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83307"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}