Overview:
Phishing continues to be a threat to our campus. A successful phishing attack can lead to loss of research and P3/P4 data, identity theft, financial damage, and more. Phishing emails are commonplace and it is important for us to know how to protect ourselves against them. The campus does provide general security awareness training to help protect against phishing, but research shows the most effective way to help individuals to be more aware is to involve them in interactive and timely exercises.
UCI’s Phishing Awareness program periodically sends simulated phishing emails to campus employees. The objectives of the campaigns are purely educational and designed to promote awareness.
Objectives:
- Help individuals to become aware of what phishing looks like. The templates we use are based on real phishing emails that attackers do use.
- Help individuals to identify common red flags when viewing and reacting to suspicious emails.
- Identify what phishing awareness resources and tools are needed to help increase campus awareness.