{"id":5682,"date":"2017-11-17T16:13:37","date_gmt":"2017-11-17T21:13:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/?p=5682"},"modified":"2024-07-08T06:06:12","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T10:06:12","slug":"computer-security-101","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/2017\/11\/17\/computer-security-101\/","title":{"rendered":"Computer Security 101: Students show what they know"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5684\" src=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/security-exam-e1510954057745.jpg\" alt=\"Computer Security Exam 101, show what you know\" width=\"600\" height=\"169\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"file:\/\/\/C:\/Users\/girardi\/Desktop\/ComputerSecurity101ShowWhatYouKnow.webp\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"file:\/\/\/C:\/Users\/girardi\/Desktop\/ComputerSecurity101ShowWhatYouKnow.webp\" \/>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\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n<p>IA believes strongly in the value of educating all of U-M about IT security best practices. Take the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.safecomputing.umich.edu\/exam\/\">Computer Security 101 quiz<\/a>\u00a0and explore the Safe Computing website for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.safecomputing.umich.edu\/protect-yourself\">tips on protecting your online privacy and security<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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\u2019s 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\u2026 <span class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/2017\/11\/17\/computer-security-101\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":947,"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":[27],"tags":[23,96],"class_list":["post-5682","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-safe-computing","tag-security","tag-students"],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/iStock_lock_Small-e1510954192851.jpg",600,399,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/iStock_lock_Small-150x100.jpg",150,100,true],"medium":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/iStock_lock_Small-200x133.jpg",200,133,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/iStock_lock_Small-768x511.jpg",665,442,true],"large":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/iStock_lock_Small-700x466.jpg",600,399,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/iStock_lock_Small-e1510954192851.jpg",600,399,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/iStock_lock_Small-e1510954192851.jpg",600,399,false],"excerpt-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/iStock_lock_Small-200x140.jpg",200,140,true],"themonic-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/iStock_lock_Small-60x42.jpg",60,42,true],"ioslider-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/iStock_lock_Small-658x300.jpg",658,300,true],"post-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/iStock_lock_Small-665x443.jpg",665,443,true],"400x250-crop":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/iStock_lock_Small-e1510954192851.jpg",376,250,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Matt Martin, ITS Privacy Office","author_link":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/author\/mattmart\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"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. 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