Stay Smart Online Week (9–13 October 2017) is the Australian Government’s online safety and security initiative, designed to help everyone understand the risks and simple steps we can take to protect personal and financial information online.
Information Technology is running a series of daily hints and tips during this week, covering how to stay safe on social media, making sure you choose safe passwords, steps to increase email security, securing devices and backing up files to secure locations.
Find out more about Stay Smart Online Week, or check out Macquarie University Facebook and MQU_IT Twitter for daily hints and tips.
Hack Mac 2017
Ever wanted to see hacking in action? Staff and students are invited to Hack Mac 2017 this Thursday 12 October 9am–9pm, Level 2, MUSE.
Watch as a select group of undergraduate students go head to head in an attempt to penetrate the University’s own perimeter defences from a contained external network, competing to win a trip to Aus Cert 2017.
The competition aims to increase awareness of cybersecurity issues and provides our budding security specialists with rare real-world experience.
Learn more about Hack Mac 2017 here.
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