{"id":29464,"date":"2025-09-19T11:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-19T15:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/?p=29464"},"modified":"2025-09-18T12:59:56","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T16:59:56","slug":"preview-2025-sumit-events","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/2025\/09\/19\/preview-2025-sumit-events\/","title":{"rendered":"Preview: 2025 SUMIT Events"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/SUMIT-MichIT-News@-16x9-Bridget-Weise-Knyal-600x338.png\" alt=\"U-M SUMIT: IT Security Event Series\" class=\"wp-image-29466\" style=\"width:686px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/SUMIT-MichIT-News@-16x9-Bridget-Weise-Knyal-600x338.png 600w, https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/SUMIT-MichIT-News@-16x9-Bridget-Weise-Knyal-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/SUMIT-MichIT-News@-16x9-Bridget-Weise-Knyal-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/SUMIT-MichIT-News@-16x9-Bridget-Weise-Knyal-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/SUMIT-MichIT-News@-16x9-Bridget-Weise-Knyal-2048x1152.png 2048w, https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/SUMIT-MichIT-News@-16x9-Bridget-Weise-Knyal-665x374.png 665w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As the U-M community settles into another academic year of teaching, learning, and research, we are reminded why it is so important to protect U-M\u2019s wealth of digital assets. It\u2019s a great time to celebrate national <a href=\"https:\/\/staysafeonline.org\/programs\/cybersecurity-awareness-month\/\">Cybersecurity Awareness month<\/a> with Security at U-M in IT (SUMIT) events throughout October. ITS Information Assurance (IA) and the ITS Privacy Office have planned events to reach U-M faculty, staff, and students. Please help us spread the word.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Keynote<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:27% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"263\" src=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Rachael-Tobac-200x263-1.png\" alt=\"Rachael Tobac\" class=\"wp-image-29471 size-full\"\/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Who:<\/strong> Rachel Tobac, CEO of SocialProof Security<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>What:<\/strong> Exploiting the Trust &#8211; The Human Element of Security (Big Ten Academic Alliance-sponsored webinar)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>When:<\/strong> October 29, 12-1 p.m.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Events<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Information Assurance Sessions<\/strong>: U-M cybersecurity experts will host virtual sessions on topics such as Phishing, Scams, &amp; Protecting Identity, Wolverine Identity Program Update, Vulnerability Management, and the ITS Disaster Recovery Planning Process.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Trending Threats and Higher Ed Impacts:<\/strong>&nbsp; Matt Singleton, CrowdStrike executive strategist, offers an expert overview of the <a href=\"https:\/\/go.crowdstrike.com\/2025-threat-hunting-report.html?utm_campaign=brand&amp;utm_content=crwd-brand-amer-us-en-psp-x-x-x-tct-x_x_x_reports-x&amp;utm_medium=sem&amp;utm_source=goog&amp;utm_term=crowdstrike%20threat%20hunting%20report&amp;cq_cmp=21989480382&amp;cq_plac=&amp;gad_source=1&amp;gad_campaignid=21989480382&amp;gbraid=0AAAAAC-K3YR0LN6yHt6gGWSfenz1Sohu_&amp;gclid=Cj0KCQjwwZDFBhCpARIsAB95qO1Jt_7_hDINJeuwJpjZMLTbIBywD-DM-rhL-AUsXX5CqiEVuBeOIJoaAntuEALw_wcB\">CrowdStrike 2025 Threat Hunting Report<\/a>, identifying global threats and higher ed impacts.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Drop-in Office Hours:<\/strong> ITS IA staff will host open office hours to answer questions about cybersecurity and data protection.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Level UP Your Cyber Game \u2013 Big Ten<\/strong>: A virtual trivia game show hosted by the National Cybersecurity Alliance where teams can show off their cybersecurity knowledge. Join the U-M team in this friendly competition for the title of Most Cybersecurity Aware Institution in the Big Ten. Sponsored by the BTAA.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Safe Computing Pop-Ups<\/strong>: IA and the Privacy Office will be hosting table pop-up events on the Ann Arbor campus to engage with students.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Safe Computing Challenge for Students<\/strong>: An engaging, quiz-style challenge for students to learn about protecting themselves online and be entered into a drawing for ITS Tech Shop gift cards.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Check out event details on the <a href=\"https:\/\/safecomputing.umich.edu\/events\/SUMIT\">Safe Computing SUMIT page<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the U-M community settles into another academic year of teaching, learning, and research, we are reminded why it is so important to protect U-M\u2019s wealth of digital assets. It\u2019s a great time to celebrate national Cybersecurity Awareness month with Security at U-M in IT (SUMIT) events throughout October. ITS Information Assurance (IA) and the ITS Privacy Office\u2026 <span class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/2025\/09\/19\/preview-2025-sumit-events\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":194,"featured_media":29466,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_umich_oidc_access":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1067,27,4],"tags":[119],"class_list":["post-29464","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","category-safe-computing","category-features","tag-sumit"],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/SUMIT-MichIT-News@-16x9-Bridget-Weise-Knyal.png",2400,1350,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/SUMIT-MichIT-News@-16x9-Bridget-Weise-Knyal-400x266.png",400,266,true],"medium":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/SUMIT-MichIT-News@-16x9-Bridget-Weise-Knyal-300x169.png",300,169,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/SUMIT-MichIT-News@-16x9-Bridget-Weise-Knyal-768x432.png",665,374,true],"large":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/SUMIT-MichIT-News@-16x9-Bridget-Weise-Knyal-600x338.png",600,338,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/SUMIT-MichIT-News@-16x9-Bridget-Weise-Knyal-1536x864.png",1536,864,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/SUMIT-MichIT-News@-16x9-Bridget-Weise-Knyal-2048x1152.png",2048,1152,true],"excerpt-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/SUMIT-MichIT-News@-16x9-Bridget-Weise-Knyal-200x140.png",200,140,true],"themonic-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/SUMIT-MichIT-News@-16x9-Bridget-Weise-Knyal-60x42.png",60,42,true],"ioslider-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/SUMIT-MichIT-News@-16x9-Bridget-Weise-Knyal-658x300.png",658,300,true],"post-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/SUMIT-MichIT-News@-16x9-Bridget-Weise-Knyal-665x374.png",665,374,true],"400x250-crop":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/SUMIT-MichIT-News@-16x9-Bridget-Weise-Knyal-400x250.png",400,250,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Bridget Weise Knyal, ITS Privacy Office","author_link":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/author\/bweise\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"As the U-M community settles into another academic year of teaching, learning, and research, we are reminded why it is so important to protect U-M\u2019s wealth of digital assets. 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