Security Awareness

Greater security through knowledge

Targeted training and awareness-raising measures strengthen your security awareness - an important line of defense against cyber attacks. Through regular training, you can recognize and avoid threats such as phishing, social engineering or the insecure use of passwords. This significantly reduces the risk of human error and protects you and the University of Kassel in the long term. Our awareness measures are practical, interactive and tailored to the university's circumstances - so that security becomes a matter of course in everyday working life.

Humans are the No. 1 target

of all cyberattacks start with a phishing email.

of all users click on at least 1 in 3 phishing e-mails.

of all users use the same password more than once.

* Sources: Verizon 2020, SoSafe customer projects 2018-2020, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg

Our training courses include:

  1. Online training courses

    The online training course on the basics of information security offers you a quick introduction to the most important topics of digital self-defense. You will learn to recognize and ward off most dangers in the shortest possible time.

  2. Further training courses

    You can find more exciting e-books, e-learning courses and video courses in the further education and training offers, which you can use to further deepen your knowledge.

Useful sources/links

Go-Link of this page: https://www.uni-kassel.de/go/security-awareness