Week 02 - Creating a Culture of Cybersecurity in the Workplace

This week focuses on how to secure yourself at work

Learn about:

• CEO Fraud
• How to recognise a Phishing email
• Targeted attacks

Cyber security IS an issue at Royal Roads.  Consider the following:

• RRU rejects, on average, approximately 28,000 SPAM / Malware emails per day, with about 450 making it to our 3^rd level filters.
• In the last 24 months RRU has:
• experienced a “Ransomware” attack that encrypted business-critical files on our “O” Drive;
• dealt with TEN separate email account compromise incidents that can be traced to ONE specific incident of an employee responding to a PHISHING email.
• In the last 8 weeks 6 staff / faculty members have had their email account compromised because they responded to a PHISHING email.

This week we will provide you with some great information on how you can be more secure at work.  Check back through the week as we will be posting resources all week long.

Want to know more about cybersecurity in the workplace?  The Security Awareness team has a series of short seminars that they will present to your team in your office.  Email securityawareness@royalroads.ca for more information. 

Special Event 

Thursday, October 13th from 11:30 to 1:30 Access Record Management will be on-site in the LIC Courtyard with their mobile shredding truck.  They will shred your sensitive personal documents on-site in exchange for a donation to RRU's United Way campaign.   

 Further Reading

Cybercrime Inc: How hacking gangs are modeling themselves on big business:

http://www.zdnet.com/article/cybercrime-inc-how-hacking-gangs-are-modeling-themselves-on-big-business/

Email Do's & Don'ts.

Email has become one of the primary ways we communicate in our personal and professional lives. However, we can often be our own worst enemy when using it. In this newsletter, we will explain the most common mistakes people make and how you can avoid them in your day-to-day lives.

 OUCH-201407_enEmail.pdf