by Elizabeth Jenike, IT Services

Because October is Cyber Security Awareness Month, we spent the last few weeks filling inboxes with information about passwords, multi-factor authentication, and Wi-Fi security. Our efforts to improve awareness across campus aren’t relegated to the digital realm, either—we sent our Security, Compliance, and Risk Management team to the streets to spread the word.

Since 2006, the SCRM group has hosted security awareness events across all three Miami campuses. In its inaugural year, Security Awareness at Miami University kicked off with a panel presentation about cybersecurity with the vice president and chief information officer and security officers at the time. They gave away iPod Nano devices at those first events!

This year, there were four Security Awareness events: two in Oxford, one on the Hamilton campus, and one on the Middletown campus. Connie Johnson, interim manager of security, compliance, and risk management; Tony Kinne, security engineer; and various IT team members staffed the booth.

We asked passing students, faculty, and staff to answer true/false questions about cybersecurity, and the majority of them didn’t disappoint. People really know their security facts! We also answered questions about Duo, our new two-factor authentication solution, and gave out webcam covers. We met new friends as well!

Look who just stopped by to learn about Duo! Great job, Nook! #CyberSecurityAwarenessMonth #CyberSecurity #SecurityPuppies pic.twitter.com/f5XM24WAr5

— IT Services @MiamiOH (@miamiuit) October 3, 2018

Our #infosec team just wrapped up a month of #cybersecurityawareness events today in Hamilton, where they met someone completely new! #panda #security #ncsam #MiamiOH @MiamiRegionals pic.twitter.com/XiIidmb3eE

— IT Services @MiamiOH (@miamiuit) October 31, 2018

All in all, Miami continues to gain in terms of security awareness thanks to events like these. We’ll see you there next October!