{"id":29565,"date":"2025-11-17T08:55:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T13:55:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/?p=29565"},"modified":"2025-11-17T17:58:39","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T22:58:39","slug":"sumit-and-safe-computing-events-wrap-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/2025\/11\/17\/sumit-and-safe-computing-events-wrap-up\/","title":{"rendered":"SUMIT and Safe Computing Events Wrap Up"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SUMIT and Safe Computing Events last month were informative and kept us engaged with cybersecurity awareness, IT security topics, and a fascinating discussion of how threat actors exploit human trust.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:32% 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<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Keynote Speaker Rachel Tobac <\/strong>explored how threat actors exploit human trust in the current landscape, including voice cloning, in the Big Ten Academic Alliance (BTAA) sponsored webinar.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Information Assurance Sessions<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">See a list of <a href=\"https:\/\/safecomputing.umich.edu\/events\/sumit\/all\">all past SUMIT events<\/a>, including the sessions that U-M cybersecurity experts hosted last month. The following event pages have been updated to include a link to the <strong>slide presentation and\/or recording<\/strong> (U-M Weblogin required):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/safecomputing.umich.edu\/Events\/SUMIT\/Phishing-Scams-and-Protecting-Your-Identity\">Phishing, Scams, and Protecting Your Identity<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/safecomputing.umich.edu\/Events\/SUMIT\/The-ITS-Disaster-Recovery-Planning-Process\">The ITS Disaster Recovery Planning Process<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/safecomputing.umich.edu\/Events\/SUMIT\/Wolverine-Identity-Program-Update\">Wolverine Identity Program Update<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/safecomputing.umich.edu\/Events\/SUMIT\/Cyber-Threats-and-Higher-Ed-Trends\">Cyberthreats and Higher Ed Trends<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Safe Computing Popups<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ITS Privacy Office staff popped up at the Shapiro Library, the Duderstadt Center, and the University Centers at UM-Dearborn and UM-Flint with a table full of fun stickers, snacks, and a first-ever Safe Computing Plinko game where students answered online safety questions to win prizes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" data-id=\"29567\" src=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IA-SCChalTable-Lib102325-WEB-05-400x600.png\" alt=\"ITS Information Assurance staff member moderating a Plinko game at a Safe Computing pop up table.\" class=\"wp-image-29567\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IA-SCChalTable-Lib102325-WEB-05-400x600.png 400w, 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sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Level Up Your Cyber Game &#8211; Big Ten<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">U-M participated with other Big Ten teams in this fast-paced webinar game show covering cybersecurity topics, sponsored by BTAA. The University of Oregon took the top spot this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Safe Computing Challenge for Students<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thousands of students have tested their knowledge in the ten-question <a href=\"https:\/\/safecomputing.umich.edu\/challenge\">Safe Computing Challenge<\/a>, and were entered into a drawing for fantastic ITS Tech Shop gift cards. The deadline to participate was extended to November 14.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SUMIT and Safe Computing events last month celebrated and promoted IT security at U-M \u2013 slide presentations and recordings are available.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":194,"featured_media":29603,"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],"tags":[488,119],"class_list":["post-29565","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","category-safe-computing","tag-cybersecurity","tag-sumit"],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IA-SCChalTable-Lib102325-WEB-16.jpg",1920,1280,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IA-SCChalTable-Lib102325-WEB-16-400x266.jpg",400,266,true],"medium":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IA-SCChalTable-Lib102325-WEB-16-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IA-SCChalTable-Lib102325-WEB-16-768x512.jpg",665,443,true],"large":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IA-SCChalTable-Lib102325-WEB-16-600x400.jpg",600,400,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IA-SCChalTable-Lib102325-WEB-16-1536x1024.jpg",1536,1024,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IA-SCChalTable-Lib102325-WEB-16.jpg",1920,1280,false],"excerpt-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IA-SCChalTable-Lib102325-WEB-16-200x140.jpg",200,140,true],"themonic-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IA-SCChalTable-Lib102325-WEB-16-60x42.jpg",60,42,true],"ioslider-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IA-SCChalTable-Lib102325-WEB-16-658x300.jpg",658,300,true],"post-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IA-SCChalTable-Lib102325-WEB-16-665x443.jpg",665,443,true],"400x250-crop":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IA-SCChalTable-Lib102325-WEB-16-400x250.jpg",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":"SUMIT and Safe Computing events last month celebrated and promoted IT security at U-M \u2013 slide presentations and recordings are available.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29565","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/194"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29565"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29565\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29604,"href":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29565\/revisions\/29604"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29603"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29565"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29565"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}