KnowBe4, the provider of the world’s largest security awareness training platform, announced it is spearheading an initiative among UK universities that invites students with an interest in media/comms or cybersecurity to work collaboratively together to produce a security awareness video that addresses one of the themes from Cyber Security Awareness Month (CAM). Supported and judged by a working group consisting of esteemed professors from universities across England, Scotland and Wales, the winning entry will be showcased at KnowBe4’s annual conference, KB4-CON, and entrants will compete for cash prizes, internships and work experience.
The aim is to bring students together from differing academic backgrounds, connecting the skills of communications, creativity and cybersecurity together to help SMEs and critical industries address cybersecurity risk.
“Creating a good security culture and practices requires communication and different messaging to reach all sectors of the economy,” said Javvad Malik, Lead Security Awareness Advocate at KnowBe4. “Linking the skills of communication, creativity and good technical cyber know-how will seed new thought and deliver innovative experiences that grow collaborative project skills. It’s an exercise that can be carried forward into the students’ careers and shed some light on real industry challenges and strategies moving forward.”
In teams of up to four people made up of students with an interest in media/comms and computer science/cybersecurity (note: it does not have to specifically be these degrees), the students will work together to first identify a threat to business based on one of the themes from this year’s Cybersecurity Awareness Month. They will need to perform industry interviews a ..
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