Training & Awareness

Security Operations and Services periodically holds events on IT security issues facing the University. These events include awareness campaigns for students, faculty and staff, technical training sessions for Penn State IT staff, etc.

Check back here often to see what SOS has to offer!

• Information Security and You: Learn. Know. Protect.
  This series of online educational videos, produced by The SANS Institute, is available via ANGEL to Penn State students, faculty, and staff. The videos have been designed to provide quick, effective awareness messages about a variety of information security-focused topics, such as creating strong passwords, using social media tools more safely, wireless security, smartphone/handheld security, as well as policies and laws.
  

• Be Safe
  Be Safe is an on-going ITS awareness campaign addressing how to protect your digital identity and your computer from threats such as viruses, spyware, and phishing scams.
  
• Phishing Awareness
  The goal of a phishing scam is to steal your valuable personal data, such as credit card numbers, passwords, account data, and other information. Phishing Awareness is part of the Be Safe campaign that promotes awareness on how to watch out for these scams.

• Identity Finder Training (Windows)
  This video by ITS Training Services and geared toward end users of the Identity Finder Enterprise Client for Windows. (Updated in March of 2012.)
• Identity Finder Training (Mac)
  This video by ITS Training Services and geared toward end users of the Identity Finder Enterprise Client for Mac. (Updated in March of 2012.)
  

• Each year SOS tries to provide security training opportunities to address the current needs of Penn State IT staff. Examples of past trainings include a CISSP course, IPv6 security, web application development security, Linux security, and a variety of others.
  Keep an eye out for announcements on NWOP, a variety of other IT listservs, and this website about future SOS training offerings!
  
  
• Security Conference 2012
  This event is held every 18 months. The 2012 conference was held April 2-3, 2012 at the Nittany Lion Inn.
  
  
• Security Conference 2010
  This event is held every 18 months. The 2010 conference was held October 18-19, 2010 at the Nittany Lion Inn.