FISSEA Awareness and Training Contest: “People's Choice Awards”

The FISSEA Awareness and Training Contest provides the opportunity to showcase awareness and training items used as a part of cybersecurity programs. The contest consists of eight categories from FISSEA’s key areas of Awareness and Training. In addition to the contest entries being judged by a panel of FISSEA Committee members, entries are also voted on via the “People’s Choice” voting process.

The People’s Choice Awards voting period is open May 7, 2024 through May 12, 2024.

Voters will access the People’s Choice Award voter ballot via SurveyMonkey (no account required). After the votes have been counted, a winner from each category will be recognized at the FISSEA Conference on May 14-15, 2024. 

Voter Rules & Deadline

Note: If you cannot access SurveyMonkey or have questions, please contact fissea [at] nist.gov (fissea[at]nist[dot]gov).

• Only one vote can be cast per contest category. E.g., one for Awareness Newsletter, one for Awareness Video, one for Cybersecurity Blog, etc. 
• Registration is required to vote (limited to one registration per person). 
• All votes must be cast within the time allotted. 
• Voting information should not be shared, printed, copied, or manipulated.
• Votes will be kept confidential.
• Ballots are due by 11:59pm ET on May 12, 2024.

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Contest Entries

Awareness Newsletter

• Cybersecurity Tools: Your Guide to a Safe School Year, submitted by the Indian Health Service
• Newsletter, submitted by the Culture Literary International Friends Forum
• Awareness Newsletter: Phishing and Microsoft QR Codes, submitted by Cofense
• SETA Newsletter, submitted by the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board

Awareness Poster

• Beware of Hidden Threats, submitted by the U.S. Department of Education
• LVL Up Your Defense, submitted by CenterPoint Energy
• Totally Outrageous Cyber Catalog Poster, submitted by the Indian Health Service
• Hollywood Phishing – Credential Phishing (Jurassic Phish), submitted by Cofense

Awareness Video

• IHS OIT Division of Information Security, submitted by the Indian Health Service
• Phishnuts, submitted by Cofense
• SETA phishing awareness training video, submitted by the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board

Awareness Website

• Cybersecurity Symposium 2023 -Get Your Knowledge #BoostED, submitted by the U.S. Department of Education
• Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2022, submitted by the U.S. Postal Service
• IDManagement.gov -Modernizing Digital Identity, submitted by the General Services Administration
• See Yourself in Cyber, submitted by the Indian Health Service
• Phone a Friend, submitted by Cofense
• SETA Home Site, submitted by the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board

Cybersecurity Blog

• Cybersecurity Bits and Bytes, submitted by the U.S. Department of Education
• The Jennifer Reacts Blog!, submitted by the Indian Health Service
• Cybersecurity Community, submitted by Iraje Software Consultants Private Limited

Innovative Solutions

• Cyber Badging Program: Friendly Competition Driving Behavioral Change, submitted by the U.S. Department of Education
• Smart Cybersecurity Moment, submitted by the U.S. Postal Service
• SSA’S Phish Your Colleague Cybersecurity Awareness Month Program, submitted by the Social Security Administration
• Multi-Factor Authentication-Zee, submitted by the Indian Health Service
• QR Code Simulations and Education, submitted by Cofense

Training Awareness

• Information Guardians: Immersive Storytelling in Web-based Training, submitted by the U.S. Department of Education
• Cybersecurity Awareness-Safety Phishing Training, submitted by CenterPoint Energy
• An Insider Threat at IHS, submitted by the Indian Health Service

Cybersecurity Podcast

• No entries submitted

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