Information Security Awareness Project

A Contest, an Opportunity

As part of my experiences in CIS 205 our class has been given an opportunity to win money! Well, let me preface this by saying that, if our submission is great, we could win money. We have been placed on teams to help foster teamwork and create our projects. The contest is sponsored by Cyberwatch, an organization comprised of higher education institutions, businesses, and government agencies whose mission is to improve the quantity and quality of the information assurance workforce. I thought it was an interesting organization and decided to become a member. I know that, at the least, I will receive their newsletter. Depending on where my education leads me, it may prove to be a valuable resource for my future. The fact that I can receive a discount on Comp TIA certification exams is a terrific benefit that I plan to take advantage of. The contest that Cyberwatch is sponsoring is geared toward producing posters and short videos aimed at college students. The goal is to spread information security awareness. I'm excited about this contest! I don't know what my team's chances are for winning but I think this will, ultimately, be another great accomplishment to place on my resume.

My team and our project

My team has narrowed down our plan for this project to a short video. We have decided that cybercrime is an excellent topic to cover since college students can be easy targets for these predators. The video, according to the contest requirements, should be about 2 minutes in length. We haven't made any detailed decisions yet, other than the fact that it will be a video and not a poster. I suggested that we use a website called called Xtranormal.com. The link to it is www.xtranormal.com and it is a text-to-movie movie-making system that we can run entirely in our browser. Once we are done editing the video we can publish it and make it available on the world wide web. I have made a couple simple videos, just for fun. My 14 year old son made a couple videos also. It is simple enough that anyone with some time and patience can create a video. I'd like to give you an example of a video I made. It is only 30 seconds long, and has a few items in it I'd like to change, but it does give you an idea of what I thought about as a platform for this project.
This video talks about my love of Cannoli flavored ice cream and the possible consequences if I eat too much of it:

I think myself, and my team, will be able to create an informative video that has the potential to look spectacular.And who knows? Maybe if it's spectacular enough we will be the answer to the question ---------------->

That would be nice.