August 2020 Newsletter
August 11, 2020
Mahalo Dennis Gibson and Aloha Jodi Ito,
CyberHawaii President
CyberHawaii would like to thank our outgoing Chair Dennis Gibson for his leadership. The early years of establishing CyberHawaii required a strong commitment and patient encouragement as this nascent group, tied to Cyber USA, stood up. Dennis recently retired as the senior vice president of Booz Allen Hamilton responsible for Hawaii and the Pacific Region. We are indebted to Dennis and wish him well as he retires to be closer to family on the continental United States.

We are excited to announce our new CyberHawaii President, Jodi Ito! She co-lead the Education and Workforce Subcommittee since its inception. As the chief information officer for the University Hawai'i, Jodi will continue where Dennis left off and help take the organization to the next level. We are excited, indeed!
CyberHawaii Phishing Campaign
As more businesses and organizations migrate their services online, they expose themselves to an increasing number of online threats and vulnerabilities. To better serve our members and community partners, CyberHawaii has been exploring options to offer affordable phishing campaign services to forward our mission of developing and enhancing Hawaii's cybersecurity capabilities. 

CyberHawaii will be partnering with industry leader Cofense in offering their PhishMe Phishing Awareness Training services.

Description of service to be provided:
  • Full 12-month playbook including at least eight phishing simulations throughout the year. Cofense uses an algorithm to select phishing exercises based on previous results, organization profile, and industry.
  • Phishme is installed as an email plug-in that automatically distinguishes phishing simulations from potential real threats. The phishing reporter button collects report rates to help assess users’ ability to report phishing attacks when they see them. 
  • Users have access to Cofense’s Comprehensive Microlearning Education Library, which contains videos and infographics to provide teachable moments for users who click.
  • Users receive a report card on their simulation program results.
  • As your Managed Security Service Provider, CyberHawaii can discuss with you options to enhance and further customize your phishing simulation program.
Pricing
  • $15-17/user/year*
  • For organizations with 25 or less users, a minimum charge will be assessed regardless of number of users (between $375-$425 a year)
Next Steps:
If your organization is interested in working with CyberHawaii to initiate a phishing campaign for your employees, please contact cyberhi@cyberhawaii.org by Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2020 and include your contact information and the number of users you are looking to register.

*TBD based on number of registrants.
Report A Scam
CyberHawaii encourages you to immediately report scams received via email, text message, phone call, etc. to the Federal Bureau Investigation, Federal Trade Commission or Better Business Bureau. We would also like to ask you to send us a detailed description of the scam received to cyberhi@cyberhawaii.org and we will alert our CyberHawaii members of incidences occurring within our community. For a list of reported scams, visit CyberHawaii’s at the button below:
CyberHawaii | www.cyberhawaii.org