Cybersecurity Training and Awareness

Cybersecurity Champions program

Cybersecurity Champions come from departments across campus and advocate for cybersecurity within their own work areas. We provide tools and knowledge to help you identify opportunities for improvement and possibly implement changes in your area. No IT or technical background is needed to participate, just a curiosity about how to improve cybersecurity for yourself and your work group. You will:

• Participate in learning opportunities, activities and online conversations through posting ideas or positive, helpful comments to help build our community.
• Receive the monthly Inside Scoop newsletter in your inbox, designed to help you with community outreach and personal accomplishments.
• Get a selection of swag to share with coworkers and help spread the cybersecurity message.

If you have questions about the Champions program, contact securitytraining@uillinois.edu.

Complete an interest form to join the Champions.

Employee online training

Required quarterly training

Employee required training is available at https://go.uillinois.edu/securitytraining (log in required). Quarterly training for faculty and staff helps to keep cybersecurity top of mind. Small, targeted timely subject matter​ modules that can be accomplished in 20 minutes or less focus on practical knowledge that can be applied in work and personal situations. 

Cybersecurity affects you, whether you use a computer, a tablet or a smartphone (or all) in your work, school or personal life. Cybersecurity is about keeping your technology safe, including networks, data, programs and devices. Cybersecurity helps to protect your data and your devices, like a lock on the front door protects your home.

This training is required for most employees by university policy. See the Information Security Policy training requirement in the Campus Administrative Manual (for Illinois/System Offices) at https://cam.illinois.edu/policies/fo-36/ and at https://www.uis.edu/policy/information-security-policy-university-illinois (for Springfield). The training requirement is also referred to as Security Training Standard (“IT16”). Cybersecurity training is not required for students.

Optional training

Additional training opportunities are available for those who want to delve deeper into a subject. To take an optional training, visit the cybersecurity training portal at https://go.uillinois.edu/securitytraining.

Employee in-person training

Specialized trainings for work groups

Your work group may have specific cybersecurity training needs. Our team can offer specialized training, including role-based training. Reach out to find out how we can work together at securitytraining@uillinois.edu.

Student cybersecurity training

Cybersecurity and privacy matter. Students have two free training courses that cover:

• Job scams
• Phishing messages
• False warrants and immigration scams
• Financial and student loan scams
• and more

Canvas course: https://go.illinois.edu/cybersecurity-champion

eText at Illinois course: https://go.illinois.edu/cybersecurityetext
Be sure to expand the “My Skillding Blox” heading to take the Cybersecurity & You course.