iSchool Capstone

Phish Somewhere Else!: Phishing Awareness Learning Module

Project tags:

information assurance & cybersecurity

information behavior & user research

ux & interaction design

Project poster

Our capstone project addresses the issue of improving phishing awareness among employees at UW Medicine. The project consisted of three phases: i) Designing and sending bait phishing emails targeting new employees who just completed their orientation (which included a presentation on phishing, and a warning that they would be phished), ii) Sending out a questionnaire to those employees asking why they did or did not click on the bait phishing email, iii) Designing and drafting a short, interactive, and engaging learning module to educate employees on how to identify phishing emails.

Project participants:

Akshay Ajgaonkar

MSIM

Daniel Kapellmann-Zafra

MSIM

Elizabeth Levin

MSIM

Namrata Deshpande

MSIM