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2026 Cybersecurity Awareness Month: Don't Make It Easy for Them
Every October, Northwestern IT joins the National Cybersecurity Alliance and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency in marking Cybersecurity Awareness Month. This year's national theme, "Don't Make It Easy for Them," is a good description of the philosophy behind staying safe online.
Events
Oct
21
2026
Cybersecurity Awareness Month: Leading Secure AI Adoption in Higher Education: Governance Strategies for an Evolving Threat Landscape
10:30 AM
As universities rapidly adopt AI, leaders must balance innovation with security, privacy, and compliance. Drawing on exp...
Oct
21
2026
Sequencing Filetypes and Quality Control (Chicago)
11:00 AM Wieboldt Hall South Entrance, 340 E Superior St
Understanding sequencing filetypes and generating QC metrics.
Sequencing data is essential to many computational biolog...
Oct
21
2026
Quest Orientation (Virtual)
1:00 PM
New users of Quest, Northwestern’s high-performance computing cluster, are encouraged to attend to learn best practices....
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