September 7, 2022

October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month

Cybersecurity Awareness Month is here!

The National Cybersecurity Alliance has identified four behaviors to focus on this year; read more here.

The following OIS cybersecurity awareness materials can help you, your class, and/or your department stay cyber smart all year long. So check them out, and share them with others:

Members of the UW community can mail ciso@uw.edu for Zoom links for the sessions listed below.


Monday, Oct. 17, 2:00-3:30

Is the Cookie Monster Compromising Your Identity?
How cookies undermine multi-factor authentication

Presented by Chester Wisniewski, Principal Researcher, Sophos
Email ciso@uw.edu for a Zoom link (subject line: 10/17)

Audience: The presentation will be somewhat technical; all members of the UW community interested in cybersecurity are welcome to attend.


Wednesday, 10/19, 12:00-12:45

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Thursday, 10/27, 12:00-12:45

Cyber Smart: Best Practices to Secure UW Data

Presented by the UW Office of Information Security
Email ciso@uw.edu for a Zoom link (subject line: 10/19 or 10/27)

Audience: All members of the UW community interested in cybersecurity


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