Developing a Security Mindset
the goal of the module is to reorient students' thinking from the features of a product and how those features are supposed to be used to thinking about how someone might "hack" the product. In other...
View ArticleWhy Professional Conferences Matter
I’ve heard a lot of discussion recently that professional conferences aren’t needed anymore because of the inter-connectivity afforded by the Internet. Why is it reasonable to spend hundreds or even a...
View ArticleApps for Integrating Mobile Devices into Classroom Use and Campus Communications
How many of you are integrating mobile devices into classroom work? In addition to my role as Policy and Awareness Analyst, I teach a couple of classes, Cyber Self Defense and Effective Technical...
View ArticleMobile Devices: Paradigm Shift or Just Another Content Delivery Mechanism?
I’m curious about whether you think the integration of mobile devices into curricula is a “game changer/paradigm shift” or whether you regard it as just another content delivery mechanism. As a...
View ArticleSecure Mobile-an Oxymoron? (Redux)
Responses to the #1 topic on IdeaScale, “Consumers dictate device usage, not IT,” indicate that MANY of you believe consumers will drive smartphone adoption in Higher Education, while the sentiment...
View ArticleUpdated: 2012 Speaking Schedule, January through June
I’ll be speaking at the following events this winter and spring. Watch for my presentation materials on SlideShare. January 9: HEISC (Higher Education Information Security Council), Town Hall....
View ArticleRIT InfoSec Awareness: an Interview With Ben Woelk
RIT InfoSec Awareness an Interview With Ben Woelk. Read my interview with RIT alumnus Neil DuPaul on the Veracode Blog where we discuss how we’re increasing information security awareness at the...
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Building a Culture of Digital Self-Defense
Note: This article was previously published on September 20, 2016 in the EDUCAUSE Review Security Matters Blog One of the biggest challenges in information security is raising the awareness of our...
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Lessons Learned on an Introvert’s Journey to Leadership
Note: This article was previously published on October 17, 2016 in the EDUCAUSE Review The Professional Commons Blog. Many of us might agree that Western society lauds extroverted leaders and their...
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New Resources for Security Awareness
Having trouble with security awareness at your university or college? Need some new ideas? Trying to figure out what to do for National Cyber Security Awareness Month? The members of the EDUCAUSE...
View ArticleBest Security Awareness Videos for College Students
Each fall, the RIT Information Security Office provides a Digital Self Defense orientation to first year students. s you might imagine, keeping the attention of these students midway through their...
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