Nov. 20, 2023

Dear URI Faculty and Staff,  

The purpose of this message is to notify you of upcoming mandatory cybersecurity awareness training for URI employees.

This training is required to be completed annually by all employees and is separate from any new-hire or department-specific security awareness training.

Many organizations are falling prey to cybercriminals’ increasingly sophisticated attacks, leading to the loss of valuable information and assets. To strengthen online security at the University, we will be conducting security awareness training to educate our community on best practices.

Several federal regulations require all organizations, including URI, to implement a formal security awareness training program. Here is what you can expect from our program:

Cybersecurity training
Formal education is critical to learning the best practices and skills necessary to identify and avoid cybersecurity threats and risky behaviors. The training assignments we send will introduce employees to key concepts that align with URI’s Cybersecurity Awareness Month initiative.

Most training modules will take just 5 to 15 minutes to complete, and employees will be able to access them on demand via an intuitive online platform. Information security is a shared responsibility, and we ask that everyone do their part by completing the training.

Access
Employees can access the training at any time through the URI Security Awareness Training Application tile within the SSO apps page.

The deadline for training has been extended to March 15, 2024. Failure to complete the training by that date will result in employee SSO account access restrictions.

Please follow the instructions below to access the training. If you have questions, please contact Information Technology Services at helpdesk@uri.edu.

1. Go to https://myapps.microsoft.com.
–Log in with your URI SSO credentials.

2. Choose the “URI Security Awareness Training” application to gain access to the Proofpoint Security Awareness Training Platform.

3. Access your training modules on the training platform by doing the following:
–Click on your name in the upper right-hand corner.
–Choose “My Training” to access the training modules.

4. Click on “Start Assignment” or any training module to launch the training content.

Thank you for helping to keep URI safe!