Updated November 15, 2016

New Cyber Awareness Version Available Online

HUD requires that certain MultiFamily staff complete the Cyber Awareness training annually. These staff members include Secure Systems users and coordinators who access TRACS and EIV online as well as staff with access to printed EIV reports, although he/she may not access the reports online.

The Federal Version of the Cyber Awareness Challenge that EIV coordinators and users were previously required to complete has been removed from the website. HUD’s IT Security Office has verified that we should use the Cyber Awareness Challenge for Department of Defense Employees going forward.

The new version can be found at https://public.cyber.mil/training/cyber-awareness-challenge/. From this website, choose ‘CyberAwareness Challenge’ (Version 4.0 updated in August 2016) then choose ‘Start/Continue Cyber Awareness Challenge’ under the Department of Defense Employees section.

Just a reminder that the training was designed to function using specific operating systems so be sure to read the message that pops up when you click on the CyberAwareness Challenge link – it will explain which operating systems work. Also be sure that your computer is connected to a working printer, as you only have one opportunity to print the certificate of completion.

 

Originally posted November 28, 2012

EIV and TRACS Annual Security Requirement Has Changed!

As of November 28, 2012, a change in the Annual Security Course is in effect. The old Federal ISS Security Awareness Course has been replaced by the IA (Information Assurance) CyberAwareness Challenge course.

If you have a current (within one year) Federal ISS Awareness Course certificate, there’s no need to take this new course now. Before your current certificate expires, you’ll want to take the Cyber Awareness Challenge. Launch the Federal Version (not the Department of Defense Version).

This course is much more like a video game than the last one. You can earn trophies, and cyber-battle adversaries for points. However, it is very much attuned to federal security. You’ll need to know that a CAC/PIV is a security card inserted into a federal computer. Read the instructions carefully in the section regarding the differences between federally confidential, secret and classified documents, before answering the questions

As always, be sure to print your certificate when you complete the course. Sign it, and keep it on file (or keep a copy on file, and frame your certificate for display).