Cybersecurity Training Resources for Students
Cybersecurity Training Resources for Students
Colleges and universities like Concordia University, St. Paul, are often targeted by phishing, scams, and other cybersecurity attacks. These attacks try to trick students into clicking harmful links, entering their CSP username and password, approving unexpected MFA requests, or giving out personal or financial information.
You play a key role in keeping your CSP account and personal information safe. By learning to spot phishing attempts and other common scams, you help protect both yourself and the CSP community.
CSP recommends that all students spend a few minutes taking the Google Phishing Training Quiz linked below. This quiz is an interactive way to practice telling real messages from fake ones.
We’ve also gathered more free cybersecurity training and educational resources below. These can help you spot phishing attempts, protect your accounts with multi-factor authentication, recognize common online scams, and decide if a website or link looks suspicious.
Remember to stop and think before you click. If something seems off, don’t enter your password or approve an MFA request. If you’re unsure, reach out to the CSP IT Help Desk at [email protected] or 651-641-8866.
Training Exercise Sites
****Highly Recommended***** Google Phishing Training Quiz - https://phishingquiz.withgoogle.com/
Free 10-Day Trial with a Large Amount of Training - https://www.wizer-training.com/
Federal Trade Commission Brochure on How to Avoid a Scam - https://www.bulkorder.ftc.gov/publications/how-avoid-scam
Federal Trade Commission Online Security Best Practices Articles - https://consumer.ftc.gov/identity-theft-and-online-security/online-privacy-and-security
Free Amazon Cybersecurity Training - https://learnsecurity.amazon.com/en/training/story.html
Amazon One Page Phishing Training - https://protectconnect.com/en/index.html
Center for Development of Security Excellnce Cybersecurity Shorts (videos) - https://www.cdse.edu/Training/Security-Shorts/Cybersecurity-Security-Shorts/
Center for Development of Security Excellnce Cybersecurity Full Length Videos - https://www.cdse.edu/Training/Security-Training-Videos/Cybersecurity/
Email Security and Privacy Links - https://blog.mailfence.com/email-security-and-privacy-course/
Cybersecurity Exercises - https://ransomleak.com/catalogue/
Wizer Knowledge Base Article on How to Setup MFA on 17 different websites - https://www.wizer-training.com/blog/multi-factor-authentication-mfa-set-up-guide-cheat-sheet-for-the-top-16-common-apps
Wizer Knowledge Base Article on the "Top 5" Phishing Templates Each Month - https://www.wizer-training.com/blog/tag/phishing-examples
URL Checker Sites
Google Website Tracker - https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search
Virus Total Website Tracker - https://www.virustotal.com/gui/home/url
Scam Advisors Website Checker - https://www.scamadviser.com/
Sucuri Website Checker - https://sitecheck.sucuri.net/
