CyberSafe Holidays

November 6, 2024

The holiday season is generally a time to relax and reconnect with family and friends.

Cybercriminals also love the holiday season – they see it as the perfect time to take advantage of you, and attacks skyrocket. Phishing for example, increases by more than 150 percent (above average) according to Barracuda.

During the holiday season, it is important to be extra vigilant when shopping, giving, or booking travel plans. Don’t let cybercriminals steal your holiday fun! Keep the following in mind to better protect your personal information.

Shopping Online

Giving Online

Traveling

MCC Cyber Team Wins 1st Place

We would also like congratulate the MCC Cyber Team for winning 1st place in the Cybersecurity Interdisciplinary Incident Response Competition (CIIRC)! MCC competed against Baylor University (2nd place) and Texas A&M University (3rd place) at the Cyber Range, as part of the Central Texas Cyber Initiative (CTCI).

CIIRC was a three-day, student competition to simulate real world events occurring in business. The competition scenario simulated a business environment suffering cyber-attacks. Teams had to identify and analyze the attacks, determine and address recovery, public consequences, financial ramifications, engage in a press conference, report to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) according to regulations, and many other related activities.

In the debrief, the Baylor staff administering the competition offered many complementary remarks about the MCC team and were very impressed with their performance.  This demonstrates the caliber of our students, faculty, and administration.  This is an example of who we send out into the world.


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Created 12 December 2024 18:57:05 by Laura J. Crapps
Updated 26 February 2025 03:35:37 by Laura J. Crapps