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Higher Education Case Study

Youngstown State University increased cybersecurity awareness participation across their 12,000-student campus with fun, engaging training that provides entertainment value and real-world cybersecurity education.

A man in a collared shirt sits in an office. The Youngstown State University logo and name are displayed on the wall beside him.

Employees

Students, faculty and staff

Industry

Higher Education

Region

Youngstown, OH

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The Team

Youngstown State University has six colleges serving around 12,000 students with programs in engineering, business, and language arts, plus faculty and staff.

The Challenge

Before NINJIO, the campus community lacked awareness of phishing emails and scams that appeared legitimate. They needed:

  • Proactive cybersecurity education for the campus community
  • Effective identification of bad actors and their tactics
  • Better offense rather than defense approach to cybersecurity

The Solution

Youngstown State partnered with NINJIO to educate the campus community on identifying threats and mitigation strategies with engaging content.

  • Seamless implementation through IT training team
  • Fun, engaging content that makes cybersecurity awareness entertaining
  • Real-world applicable scenarios with actionable takeaways

“NINJIO has increased our cybersecurity awareness participation, and that is evident by the numbers we receive in the dashboard. NINJIO have changed the way that our team looks at cybersecurity awareness because it makes it fun, it makes it engaging, and above all, there’s always a takeaway.”

Sean Melnik
Associate Director of IT Training

Results

Key Takeaways

Increased participation in cybersecurity awareness training across all campuses

IT Department received compliments from the community because the content was engaging and entertaining

Learners always received actionable takeaways from their training episodes

Campus communities gained a much better understanding of real world threats to educational IT systems

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