A recording of a recent cyber security webinar for staff. 

As you may have heard, a common cyber security tip is to Think Before You Click. 

Learn how what to do if you mistakenly click on something by coming along to our upcoming webinar.

Simple and practical actions you can take to Think Before You Click include;

• Pause and review the message, its context and its sender as part of your decision to click. If a message is unanticipated or ‘out of character’ for a sender, you should treat it cautiously. Especially review the sender details. A malicious example email sender could have Deakin University as the display name, but the sender’s email is [email protected]. All Deakin emails come from an @deakin.edu.au email address.
• Expand shortened URLs to check if they are safe. Short URLs are used in social media (e.g. goo.gl, bit.ly, tinyurl.com, ow.ly and youtu.be). To check if these links are safe, you can use an URL expander (e.g. https://urlscan.io/ or check your browser settings for the recommended one for your browser) to get the original URL from a shortened link without having to click through to the destination.
• Before clicking approve – Keep an eye on DUO MFA login requests pop-ups that are out of the blue. Pay attention to unexpected login requests and select Deny if in doubt.
• When clicking send on an email, check if the information belongs in an email? It is essential to remember confidentiality is not guaranteed for information transferred and stored in email. Always encrypt sensitive information. 
• Check the email recipient’s details are correct before clicking send. Deakin’s address book contains both staff and student email addresses. A way to verify that you’re sending to a staff member versus a student is to check the letter case (Capitals for students and Sentence Case for staff).