For the past thirteen years, Information Assurance (IA) has engaged UM-Ann Arbor students, including medical students, with a basic quiz designed to raise awareness of IT security issues. This year’s quiz resulted in the highest completion rate yet! From October 30 through November 3, 2017, a total of 7,864 students participated. This is 17 percent of those who were emailed a link to the quiz, more than double the rate of response from the original quiz in 2005.
This year’s 10-question online quiz covered topics ranging from the risks of peer-to-peer file sharing, avoiding phishing scams, the advantage of two-factor authentication, and securing devices with software updates. As a bonus to the important security knowledge that students gained from the quiz, those who scored 90 percent or higher were entered into a drawing for prizes such as an Apple Watch, iPad Mini, Beats Solo headphones, and more.
IA believes strongly in the value of educating all of U-M about IT security best practices. Take the Computer Security 101 quiz and explore the Safe Computing website for tips on protecting your online privacy and security.
