Cybersecurity Awareness Month Wrap-Up & Prize Winners
Thank you to everyone who joined Cal Poly Humboldt’s Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2025 and embraced this year’s theme, “Empowering You to Secure 2025 and Beyond.”
Throughout October, our community came together to strengthen awareness, learn practical security habits, and engage in short, interactive challenges designed around real campus systems.
Feedback from across the campus has been overwhelmingly positive:
- “The short challenges made me realize how easy it is to spot fake links once you know what to look for.”
- “I didn’t know denying a Duo request helps report suspicious activity—great tip!”
- “These were actually fun and made cybersecurity feel approachable.”
These responses show a growing confidence and commitment to digital safety across Humboldt. Thank you for helping foster a culture where cybersecurity is part of our everyday actions.
Congratulations to our Coffee Card Winners (10)!
Sam Rosenbaurr – Student
William Dolphin – Faculty
David Franklin – Schatz Energy Research
Lori Cortez-Rega – Academic Advising
Novah Pratt – Student
Emily West – Physics & Astronomy
Clayton Burton – Student
Paul Arrington – Facilities
Justin Luong – Forest, Fire, Range
Samantha Hodge – Student
If your name is listed, please check your Humboldt email later today for details on how to claim your coffee card. A special thank-you to Chartwells (Campus Dining) for donating the coffee cards that made this recognition possible.
Even if you didn’t win, the true success is the increased awareness and safer digital practices across our campus.
For more year-round security resources, visit its.humboldt.edu/security.
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