Brought to you in partnership with the UD CyberSecurity Initiative!

October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month (NCSAM), and we are ready to celebrate with contests, prizes, and (back by popular request) our flying phish balloon! Check out the Secure UD website to learn how to enter our prize drawing, access your new Secure UD Training, and more!

Check out our partners' events this month!

• The UD CyberSecurity Initiative is hosting a series of brown-bag discussions.
• The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering has upcoming opportunities for our students.

Take action! Read on for our roundup of the best of NCSAM and discover how to join in on the celebration.

Cybersecurity isn't just for the workplace. The same skills you develop here at UD also keep us safe as consumers and family members.

Take action! Check out our top three tips and make a positive change for your home and family tonight.

When scammers impersonate University leadership, they endanger us and our University. You can help keep our community safe! Learn how your colleagues identified business email compromise scams, or "CEO fraud," and prevented cybercriminals from stealing our money and data.

Take action! Learn more about "CEO fraud" and how you can join your peers in thwarting them.

• Immigration vish: A vishing scam targeting Chinese-speaking community members was seen on campus in early September.
• Training refresh: Phase II of 2018 Secure UD Training is being released this week. In less than half an hour, you'll learn new tricks for staying safe online, managing your social media privacy, protecting your smartphone, and more! Complete your training by Halloween and earn a chance to win one of our NCSAM prizes!.
• Secure UD Survey: Complete this quick survey on cybersecurity to help us improve our resources and earn a chance to win one of our NCSAM prizes!
• Tech Open House: Chat with us, get a picture with the flying phish, and take home a free insulated tote or water bottle! Find us on October 23, 11-2 in the Trabant Multipurpose Room.
• Midterm Matters: On Wednesday, September 26, Dave DeWalt led a discussion on why cybersecurity matters during elections. Check out the video, transcript, and podcast on the Center for Political Communication's website.

For Hackers, Anonymity Was Once Critical. That’s Changing. (The New York Times)

Did you know there are good hackers? Did you know that more than 28,000 of them attend Defcon in Las Vegas every year?

Get an inside look at one of the world’s largest hacking conferences and learn how public involvement and changing attitudes are coaxing “white hat” hackers out from the shadows and into the spotlight.