over 6 years ago

AwareGO Challenge

Organized cyber criminals are after companies. How do we create security awareness among employees?

Companies and civilians lost billions due to cyber crimes last year, mostly due to elaborate email scams.

Security awareness training for employees can be tricky because people aren’t really interested in cyber security, they think it’s the IT department’s problem or they fully put their trust in anti-virus software and firewalls.

Cyber criminals seek out weak links by hacking people and when they succeed, traditional anti-virus software and firewalls won’t help.

We are looking for methods to make security awareness interesting and memorable.

How can we teach people to recognize scams online and not to download viruses or open just any ol’ attachment?

How can we make sure that people remember their training when facing a real life cyber threat or hacking attempt?

How can we turn employees into a human firewall?

Judging criteria:

Potential for success
Thinking outside the box
Using technology that’s in common use or likely to be a favorite among users