IT Security Awareness

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 working

Mobile working - What to look out for when working on the move

Mobile data storage (NEW)

Safe on the move - The right way to handle mobile data storage devices

Flyer as PDF

Passwords

Secure password management - what staff should do and avoid to protect their access codes

Flyer as PDF

E-mail

Communication by e-mail - How to avoid risks in electronic communication

Flyer as PDF

Social Media

Security on Facebook and Co. - tips and tricks on how to prevent identity theft, fraud and data leaks

Flyer as PDF