National Cyber Security Awareness Month - October, 2012

National Cyber Security Awareness Month (NCSAM) is spearheaded by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA) and takes place every October in an effort to raise awareness about information security issues.

2012 NCSAM Events at Penn

In conjunction with Penn's Privacy Office and several of the computing support operations in the various schools and centers across campus, the Office of Information Security will be hosting and coordinating a number of events to celebrate National Cyber Security Awareness Month:

Tuesday, October 9, 2012 - Noon - 1:30 pm, Bodek Lounge (Houston Hall)

Penn Employee Resource and Commuter Fair

As part of this annual event, staff members from both the Information Security and Privacy offices will be on hand to talk about security/privacy issues and answer questions - and maybe hand out some free stuff as well!

In addition, if you have data (paper or electronic) and/or old electronics (hard drives, monitors, TVs, etc) that need to be securely shredded or disposed of, there will be shredding trucks on hand at the Fair to do this at no charge!

Wednesday, October 17, 2012 - 10:00 am - Noon, Locust and Woodland Walks (Rain Date: Thursday, October 18)

Security "Walk the Walk"

Information Security staff members will be cruising Levy Park interacting with the Penn Community - food, security materials, trivia and more. Also on hand, making a special encore appearance at Penn will be Grady the Security Dog!

Friday, October 19, 2010 - 8:30 am - 4:30 pm, Van Pelt Library, Class of '55 Room

Webcast: University of Michigan "SUMIT_12"

Penn will host a group viewing of this day-long event taking place at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. Speakers and topics will include:

• U.S. Representative Mike Rogers, (Topic TBD)
• Joe St. Sauver, Internet2: "What Remains To Be Done in Cyber Security"
• Catherine Lotrionte, Georgetown University: "Governing cyber crime, cyber terrorism and cyber conflict"
• William J. (Joe) Adams, Merit Network, Inc.: "The Michigan Cyber Range"
• Joe Stewart, Dell SecureWorks: "Chasing APT (Advanced Persistent Threat)"
• Niels Provos, Google: "Reputation Based Detection of Socially Engineered Malware"
• Christopher Soghoian, American Civil Liberties Union: "Can you hear me now? Law enforcement surveillance of Internet and mobile communications"

For schedule and more details, visit: www.safecomputing.umich.edu/events/sumit12/

Additional UPENN Resources

• Download "Stop.Think.Connect" posters!! (click on images to download)
• View the winners of the EduCause Security Awareness Video Contest
• The School of Arts & Sciences has a website dedicated to NCSAM and securing PII here

Other NCSAM Resources

• Official NCSAM website: http://www.staysafeonline.org/ncsam
• EDUCAUSE resource kit: http://www.educause.edu/security/resourcekit
• Anti-Phishing Phil - an online game developed by CMU and Wombat Security Technologies to teach users about Phishing: http://wombatsecurity.com/antiphishing_phil
• Internet2 Cybersecurity Awareness Resource Library: https://wiki.internet2.edu/confluence/display/itsg2/Cybersecurity+Awareness+Resource+Library
• EDUCAUSE and Internet2 Video and Poster Contest: http://www.educause.edu/SecurityVideoContest
• View Previous Video and Poster Contest Winners:www.youtube.com/user/SecurityVideoContest
• NSA "Security Tips for Personally Managed Apple iPhones and iPads" (PDF):http://www.upenn.edu/computing/security/ncsam/iphonetips-image.pdf

Last updated: Wednesday, October 3, 2012