Faculty, Staff, and Students, Oh My! Reducing Risk by Expanding Security Awareness to Everyone

Tuesday, May 02, 2023 | 10:45AM–11:30AM PT | Grand Ballroom BC, Second Floor
Session Type: Breakout Session
Delivery Format: Presentation/Panel Session

Reducing human risk and building a collective mindset of cybersecurity as everyone's responsibility requires a security awareness and training program that intentionally veers from one-size-fits-all education and communications. Yet developing role-appropriate training for staff, faculty, or students takes planning, collaboration, and even a touch of creativity. Security and compliance professionals at UMass Boston and West Virginia University discuss and compare strategies from their security awareness training playbooks for different learner audiences. Discover what's working for them, important lessons learned, and adaptations they've made (and continue to make) to strengthen their institutions' security consciousness, build enduring security habits, and ultimately contribute to lowering their risk profiles.

Presenters

  • Amanda Griffith

    Chief Privacy Officer / Director Privacy, Governance, Risk & Compliance, West Virginia University
  • Alison Murray

    Senior Information Security Specialist, University of Massachusetts Boston

Resources & Downloads

  • Presentation Slides

    Updated on 3/26/2025
  • Handout

    Updated on 3/26/2025