Email
Viruses & Malware
Cybersecurity
Potpourri
Stuff You Should Know
100

This personal tax document cannot be emailed from work to your personal email address.

What is your W2?

100

This software scans computers and mobile devices looking for viruses, malware and more.

What is anti-virus software?

100

Sent monthly, this offers security tips and tricks for personal and work-related topics.

What is the Security Awareness Monthly Newsletter?

100

Examples of this include: a full name, member number and claim detail.

What is Protected Information?

200

This type of email tries to trick you into providing personal information, sending money or infecting your computer.

What is a phishing or scam email?

200

Cybercriminals use this delivery method the most when trying send viruses or malware to end users.

What is email?

200

This is who you should share your password with?

What is no one?

200

This is the person responsible for everything that happens under your account/login?

What is me?

300

This button in Outlook allows you to report questionable emails to IS&T Security.

What is the Report Email Spam button?

300

This is the one secure practice that all colleagues can do to keep our network from being infected by a malicious email?

What is, not clicking on links or attachments in questionable, odd or malicious emails? 

(or spotting them and reporting them)

300

This additional login step requires you to enter either something you know or something you have in addition to entering your username and password at login.

What is two-factor or multi-factor authentication?

300

The one characteristic that increases password strength the most.

What is length?

400

The type of security scrambles information so only the email sender and the recipient can read it.

What is encryption?

400

This type of malware encrypts/locks your computer files and demands a ransom payment to unlock them.

What is ransomware?

400

This is the person responsible for a team members’ access at work?

What is a manager, leader or authorized approver?

400

This is where you should keep a company laptop at all times when traveling.

What is with you or on your person?