Community Cybersecurity Education Event

Cyber Safe 101 - Essential Tips for Online Security

Nathan S. Evans
Last updated on Nov 13, 2025 News, Events

Overview

Join us for this free event open to everyone in the community to learn about cybersecurity basics, and how to keep yourself safe online!

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What is it?

Current DU cybersecurity MS students will be presenting topics related to cybersecurity, and there will be time for questions and answers afterwards.

Agenda

We will be covering the following topics at an introductory level. Even if you are already cyber-savvy you may learn something new!

Topics and schedule

  • Welcome (<5 minutes)
  • Social engineering/phishing (10-15 minutes)
  • Password security/MFA (10-15 minutes)
  • Web/online security (10-15 minutes)
  • Q&A/demo (25-30 minutes)

Location

Ritchie School of Engineering and Computer Science 2155 E Wesley Ave, Denver, CO 80210 5th floor, room 500 (under the thunderdome) Google Maps link

Time

Wednesday, August 7th, 2024 5:30-7PM

Parking

Street parking is recommended, and available south of the Ritchie School building. Additional parking information available for a fee in DU lots.

Refreshments

We will be providing light refreshments: pizza, some snacks and non-alcoholic beverages.

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Nathan S. Evans
Nathan S. Evans
Teaching Associate Professor, Academic Director for Cyber Security, University of Denver

Research includes networking, network security, software security and systems.

Interested in a formal cybersecurity or computer science degree?

The University of Denver is proud to offer multiple programs in cybersecurity, whether you want to be a manager or a frontline cyber warrior! Check out our program offerings at the DU Cybersecurity Page. We also have a cybersecurity concentration you can get on your way to a Computer Science degree! You can also email us if you want to learn more!

The programs in the Ritchie School of Engineering and Computer Science are strongly technically grounded, and provide a CS/Cyber education for the future of cybersecurity.

Accreditation

The University of Denver is recognized as an NSA (National Security Agency) CAE-CD (Center of Academic Excellence – Cyber Defense). The NSA evaluates and accredits institutions providing cybersecurity degrees and curricula — a rigorous and prestigious validation performed by security experts and members of other educational institutions. It means the coursework of the Cybersecurity MS program at DU aligns with criteria mapped to the US government's NICE framework knowledge units.

More information can be found at the official NSA academic site here.