Cybersecurity Awareness Month – Think Before You Click
As part of “Empowering You to Secure 2025 and Beyond,” this week focuses on building awareness of phishing—the number one way attackers compromise higher education accounts.
Action:
Complete Cal Poly Humboldt’s Digital Security Workshop.
Try “Spot the Phish” to test your scam-spotting skills.
Explore “Oversharing Secrets” to see how hidden data can leak.
Log your completion in this Google Form for a chance to win one of 10 coffee cards.
Additional Practice:
This Week’s CSU-Wide Events (pre-registration required):
Hunting the Hunters – Tools That Spot Cyber Threats – October 22 | 12:00 PM | Presenter: Sheryll Del Rosario (SDSU)
How to Safely Job Search and Protect Yourself Online – October 23 | 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM | Presenter: Cuc Du (CSU Long Beach)
ProofPoint – Overview of “Am I Using AI Safely” – October 24 | 10:00 AM | Presenter: Mike Hirad (CSU Fullerton)
Media Contest - (Submit by end of 10/25) | SJSU
The more you practice spotting scams, the more empowered you’ll be to stop them in real life.
Best regards,
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