Cyber Sleuths
This type of cyberattack tricks users into revealing sensitive information by pretending to be a trustworthy entity, often via email.
What is phishing?
This company introduced the first version of Windows in 1985, revolutionizing graphical user interfaces for PCs.
What is Microsoft?
In 1909, Pharmacists Mutual was founded under this original name.
What is Druggists Mutual Insurance Association?
This is the universal fix for 98% of IT problems, relationship issues, and burnt toast.
What is “turn it off and on again”?
This annual football game decides bragging rights in Iowa and which fans get to be just a little more smug until next year.
What is the Cy-Hawk Game?
This Microsoft 365 feature helps prevent data leaks by enforcing rules that restrict the sharing of sensitive information like credit card numbers or health records.
What is Data Loss Prevention (DLP)?
This type of computer is used by businesses to store websites, files, and data for many users.
What is a server?
This Algona-based company has earned an A- (Excellent) rating from AM Best every year since 1922.
What is Pharmacists Mutual Insurance Company?
This mythical creature appears only when the IT guy shows up to fix your “broken” computer.
What is “the problem that magically disappears”?
This iconic tradition at Kinnick Stadium involves fans waving at the University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital after the first quarter.
What is “The Iowa Wave”?
This type of malware locks users out of their systems or files and demands payment, often in cryptocurrency, to restore access.
What is ransomware?
This device connects computers to the internet, often found in homes and offices.
What is a router?
Pharmacists Mutual employees celebrate this monthly event, where fun and camaraderie are encouraged in the office.
What is Phun Day?
This is the highly classified password used by 80% of office staff and their cats.
What is “Password123”?
In the early 2000s, this Iowa quarterback led the Hawkeyes to an Orange Bowl victory, but never beat the Cyclones during his college career.
Who is Brad Banks?
This authentication method adds a second layer of security by requiring something you know and something you have.
What is multi-factor authentication (MFA)?
This company launched the first commercial cloud computing platform in 2006, changing how IT infrastructure is managed.
What is Amazon (AWS)?
In 2023, Pharmacists Mutual’s Employee Foundation donated $25,000 to help redevelop this Algona park.
What is Central Park?
The only thing faster than fiber-optic internet is how quickly this happens after a software update.
What is “forgetting all your passwords”?
This is the official scientific term for a Cy-Hawk Game where the final score is 10-7, both teams combine for under 300 yards, and fans still rush the field.
What is “a Midwestern Masterpiece”?
This cybersecurity framework, developed by a U.S. government agency, provides guidelines for identifying, protecting, detecting, responding to, and recovering from cyber threats.
What is the NIST Cybersecurity Framework?
This term describes the practice of managing and automating infrastructure through code, using tools like Terraform and Ansible.
What is Infrastructure as Code?
This award, sponsored by Pharmacists Mutual, honors young pharmacists for their dedication to the profession and community service.
What is the Distinguished Young Pharmacist Award?
This is the real reason your IT department wears hoodies, drinks energy drinks, and speaks in acronyms.
What is “they're actually wizards maintaining the illusion of reality through code”?
This year marked the first time in history that the Cy-Hawk Trophy was awarded, officially kicking off the modern football rivalry between Iowa and Iowa State.
What is 1977?