For the month of August, our Information Security team is having a contest for the Top 3 Students, Faculty, or Staff that report Phishing and Spam emails to our AI Security Analyst: PhishStick!
By reporting potential Phishing and Spam emails and exercising Cyber Security Awareness Best Practices, your efforts are greatly assisting the RPI Community with being protected from bad actors attempting to compromise RPI devices, RCS Accounts, and other Institute assets.
On behalf of our Information Security team, I would like to say thank you for all of your Phishing/Spam reports, and encourage all members of our RPI Community that if something doesn't seem right or appears suspicious with an email, do not forward the email, report it! "See Something, Say Something"
How to Report a Potential Phishing/Spam Email
Outlook
Report Suspicious Message to Microsoft from Outlook using "Report Message"
Other Email Clients (ex. Apple Mail, Thunderbird, Spark Mail, etc.)
Forward all potential Phishing or Spam emails to Phishing@rpi.edu. PhishStick will complete a triage of the email, and respond if the email was Phishing, Spam, Safe, or part of a Phishing simulation.
Prizes for Top 3 Reporters (Will also include a custom vinyl sticker from IT Security)
Scores will be calculated on a base point value system based on correctly reporting through Outlook or forward to phishing@rpi.edu:
Reporting Phishing Simulation email : +1 point
Reporting a real-world Phishing/Scam email : +2 points
Point Deduction: Clicking or interacting with a Phishing email : -3 points
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