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Information Security Training and Awareness

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How to Access Training

Information Security Training is a series of audiovisual modules, each followed by a  quiz. This training is designed to help our campus community understand their responsibilities in a variety of information security areas, such as protecting ePHI and other confidential data, awareness of phishing schemes, safeguarding passwords, and practicing general computing safety.

New Employees

New employees should complete training within 30 days of being hired.

  1. Go to K@TE and select UT Faculty and Staff option.
  2. Log in with your NetID and password.
  3. Click on My Active Courses
  4. Click the UTHSC SANS Security Awareness course link assigned to you. 
  5. View the modules and complete the quizzes. Your completed training will show in your transcript.

If you have completed security training at another UT institution this year and can provide proof of training, you will be exempt until next year's training.

All Faculty and  Staff 

Every year, faculty and staff must complete the training assigned.

  1. Go to K@TE and select UT Faculty and Staff option.
  2. Log in with your NetID and password.
  3. Click on My Active Courses
  4. Click the UTHSC SANS Security Awareness course link assigned to you. 
    View the modules and complete the quizzes.
  5. Your completed training will show in your transcript.
  6.  
Students

Every year, students are offered the same training as employees, but it is not mandatory unless a faculty member or department head requires the training.

  1. Log in to Blackboard with your NetID and password.
  2. Click the 2023 Information Security Training course link.
Supervisors
Supervisors will need to contact K@TE administrators for reports on their departments and staff. 

2024 Update

Training for the 2024 calendar year for current employees will take place during April and May, along with other mandatory compliance training. 

New hires still have only 30 days from their start date to complete their training to stay in compliance with UTHSC requirements. 

Information Security Training was created to provide UTHSC community members with a solid understanding of the university's information security policies, procedures, and best practices as well as applicable government regulations and laws.

UTHSC is required to provide its users and IT personnel with role-based security training that is planned, implemented, maintained, and accompanied by evaluation per the University of Tennessee policy IT-0123 on security awareness, training, and education.

It is our mission to increase your knowledge and awareness of potential security pitfalls, which in turn will reduce the risk to the university's computing and data resources and help prevent costly, reputation-damaging data breaches.

 

National Cyber Security Awareness Month

Each October, ITS supports National Cyber Security Awareness Month by being a champion of the month.  Learn more about weekly protection themes for both work and home.

UTHSC is a National Cyber Security Awareness Month (NCSAM) Champion. By joining this consortium of government, nonprofit, and academic organizations, we show the University's dedication to the shared responsibility we all have to make the Internet more secure for our students, faculty, staff, and the Mid-South Health Professions Community.  University of Tennessee Health Science Center promotes cyber security utilizing outreaching tactics such as activities and events.

May 7, 2024