SLOC3
The SLOC3 provides regional cybersecurity awareness, training, and career pathways for California's Central Coast residents.
The SLOC3 is a collaborative consortium focused on providing regional cybersecurity awareness, training, and career pathways for California’s Central Coast residents. The consortium seeks to support awareness and educational programs that align with potential Good Jobs using cybersecurity skills.
SLOC3 involves partners with experience building and growing multistakeholder partnerships with a regional focus, bringing together individual knowledge and skills to help San Luis Obispo County residents understand and improve their personal cybersecurity hygiene, while also helping to build a robust regional cyber workforce.
Consortium Goals
Develop a diverse and inclusive cybersecurity awareness program centered on personal cyber safety and cybersecurity concepts;
- Leveraging technology to engage and train multi-lingual users about cybersecurity;
- Engage students and community members in addressing cyber awareness for local Senior populations;
- Develop a wide range of workforce development opportunities to build the talent pipeline and expand access to quality, quality jobs in cybersecurity such as:
- Provide information and support for K-12 cyber education;
- Develop internship pipelines focused on developing a diverse pool of talent;
- Identify, build on, and develop workforce training, programs, and initiatives that provide career pathways in cybersecurity.
Consortium Partners
- Cal Poly California Cybersecurity Institute
- Cal Poly Noyce School of Applied Computing
- Business-Higher Education Forum
- City of San Luis Obispo
- Masterfully
- PG&E
- REACH
- San Luis Obispo County Office of Education
- Trust Automation
- Amazon Web Services
- Cal Poly Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship
- San Luis Obispo County Workforce Development Board
- SLO Partners
Best Practices
| Do | Don't |
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Use strong, unique passwords for each account |
Reuse Passwords across accounts |
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Use a password manager and multi-factor authentication |
Keep passwords on sticky notes |
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Keep all applications and your OS up to date |
Delay installing security updates |
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Be aware and avoid phishing attacks |
Click on links or files in suspicious messages |
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Be aware of critical data breaches |
Continue to use passwords exposed in past breaches |
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Use anti-virus software on your systems |
Fail to keep your anti-virus up to date |
On Your Own Learning
Space Grand Challenge Student Training Luna
80 hours of free training provided by the California Cybersecurity Institute to support student preparation for the Space Grand Challenge.
Interactive Phishing Module
Interactive training module designed to teach users how to spot phishing emails.
Take9
Interactive training module designed to teach users how to spot phishing emails.
Space Grand Challenge (SGC) Program
Internet Street Smarts
Internet Street Smarts is a 100% FREE course that will teach you simple, hands-on ways to build digital instincts—the kind of gut feeling that tells you when something just isn’t right.
Videos
San Luis Obispo County District Attorney's Office - Addressing Home Title Theft
Did you know that your home or property could be stolen without you even knowing it? It is called Title Theft.
Demystifying Cybersecurity
Presentation provided by Chance Siri, DCPP Cyber Security, PG&E.