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What is Beauceron and Cyber Security Training?
Beauceron is a licensed cyber security awareness training platform available for Saint Mary’s University community. It is a computer-based cyber security awareness training program for students, faculty and staff. The focus of the training will be on cyber security awareness education and email phishing simulations - which will serve to test knowledge acquired by the users and effectiveness of the training. This training will equip the university community with necessary skills to protect their presence on the Internet.
How to enroll in Cyber Security Training.
Faculty and staff will be enrolled through their respective department by Enterprise Information Technology (EIT). All request for enrollments should go to the EIT Help Desk.
Once you are enrolled in the training, you will receive a welcome email notification from Beauceron.
You can start the training by going to https://smuhfx.app.beauceronsecurity.com/.Your username for the site is your email address. You will be taken through the standard Microsoft login process to enter your Saint Mary’s University password. Once you log in, you will see a series of pop up notes to highlight the various components of the site.
Navigation
When you first log into Beauceron you are taken to the Personal dashboard view which consists of 4 tabs Summary, Education, Phishing & Exposures, Incidents & Rewards, ,Engagement and Competitions
Summary Tab
The Summary tab is a personal dashboard that contains overview information such as:
- Outstanding Tasks: Any courses, policies, curriculums or surveys that are outstanding. Simply click the title of the course or survey to start it.
- Risk Score: A calculation based on different factors that determine how at risk is a user’s account. Click here to learn more.
- Individual Performance: Provides a summarized list of any exposures where your work email may be compromised, or when you clicked on a Beauceron phishing attempt.
- Achievements: This is a summarized list of any incidents or rewards you have received
- My Real Reported Emails: Provides a list of confirmed phishing emails you have submitted
Education Tab
The Education tab contains information pertaining to your surveys, courses, policies, curriculums and certificates. From this tab you can access and enroll in new courses, view certificates achieved, complete assigned surveys and enroll in a curriculum. Any remedial training assigned to you will be available in this section.
How to enroll in Courses
To add a new course, scroll down to the My Courses panel and simply click on the green button labeled Add More.
Select the course you wish to learn about. Click on enroll and select yes to the popup that appears.
Phishing & Exposures
The Phishing & Exposures tab provides personal details regarding any phishes you have received, or any exposures to which your work email was subject to.
Incidents & Rewards
The Incidents & Rewards tab contains any reported incidents or rewards you may have achieved.
Your Cyber Risk Score
Beauceron will give you a cyber risk score which is an at-a-glance representation of your cyber security knowledge and personal risk. Your risk score includes information on your exposure to cyber threats, awareness level and whether you have had any real or simulated incidents. Your score improves as you complete each step of the process.
The goal is to aim for a lower score, which indicates that you are relatively cyber-aware. Like a credit score, the Personal Cyber Risk Score will fall into 1 of 5 categories: Excellent, Very Good, Good, Fair, and Poor. Users will have to consistently display positive cybersecurity behaviours over time in order to achieve an Excellent score.
The images below shows 3 types of risk Scores.
There is a gamification aspect to the training as your risk score is reduced by the amount of training you take and by reporting suspected phishing emails you receive.
Knowing your cyber risk score can help you in your efforts to stay aware of cybersecurity risks and threats.
Reporting suspicious phishing email
Please review the knowledge base article "How to Report a Suspicious or Phishing Email".