{"id":1447,"date":"2025-11-04T11:12:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-04T00:42:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/student-news\/?p=1447"},"modified":"2025-11-04T13:00:52","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T02:30:52","slug":"building-a-cyber-safe-culture-at-flinders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/student-news\/2025\/11\/04\/building-a-cyber-safe-culture-at-flinders\/","title":{"rendered":"Building our Cyber Safe Culture at Flinders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>October was Cyber Security Awareness month. This year\u2019s theme \u201cbuilding our cyber safe culture.\u201d With our personal and professional information at risk, it\u2019s vital to make cyber security a daily habit at Flinders.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Top Tips to Stay Secure<\/strong><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Secure Accounts<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Use multifactor authentication and strong, unique passphrases.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Enable passkeys and review privacy settings.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Never share credentials or PINs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Secure Devices:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Install updates promptly.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Back up files regularly.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Use reputable antivirus software.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Secure Email:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Watch for phishing attempts.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Don\u2019t click suspicious links or open unknown attachments.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Change your password and enable multifactor authentication if you suspect compromise.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Stay Safe Online:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Avoid public Wi-Fi for sensitive tasks.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Limit personal info shared online and on social media.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Disable unnecessary geolocation and camera access.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Report suspicious activity to the IDS Service Desk at (08) 8201 2345 or visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cyber.gov.au\/report-and-recover\/report\">cyber.gov.au\/report-and-recover\/report<\/a> for any other cyber-crimes or incidents.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s work together to build a cyber safe culture.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>October was Cyber Security Awareness month. This year\u2019s theme \u201cbuilding our cyber safe culture.\u201d With our personal and professional information at risk, it\u2019s vital to make [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5834,"featured_media":1448,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1447","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorised"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1447","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5834"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1447"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1447\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1448"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1447"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}