self-learning course cyber and information security from secaware.nrw
An online self-learning offer on the subject of cyber and information security in German and English is now available to students and employees of the Bauhaus University Weimar and the HfM Weimar.
The secaware.nrw course was designed for the universities in North Rhine-Westphalia, but can be used by us. We cannot modify the content, but most of the statements are universally applicable. Deviating regulations or special aspects will be discussed in the individual cases modules pointed out.
The course consists of various modules that can be completed independently of each other.
We would be happy about active participation.
You can access the course in English via the following link:
https://moodle.uni-weimar.de/course/view.php?id=50139
Security Awareness Campaign of the TMWWDG
As part of the »Security Awareness Campaign« of the Federal State of Thuringia, the Information Security Officer of the TMWWDG (THURINGIAN MINISTRY OF ECONOMY, SCIENCE AND DIGITAL SOCIETY) provides flyers in PDF format on various information security topics for raising awareness among IT users. (Although the flyers are primarily aimed at state employees, their statements are likely to be relevant to all IT users).
Should individual recommendations deviate from the specifications at Bauhaus-Universität, the latter shall prevail.
Social Engineering
Recognizing and preventing social engineering - How we are deceived by manipulative attackers and what to do about it
Metadata
Invisible companions - Why you need to care about the metadata of your documents and how to do it best
Flyer as PDF
Cloud
Cloud – Dangers of commercial storage services - How to securely provision and share business data
Phone and video conferencing
Administrative actions live in picture and sound - Secure telephone calls and video conferences
Office workstation
The key position of employees - why and in what way you need to protect your workplace from data thieves and manipulation.
Mobile data storage (NEW)
Safe on the move - The right way to handle mobile data storage devices
Passwords
Secure password management - what staff should do and avoid to protect their access codes
Social Media
Security on Facebook and Co. - tips and tricks on how to prevent identity theft, fraud and data leaks