Power Up Your Protection - Level 2: Safe Use of AI
Quick Overview
- Covers AI chatbot threats, deepfakes, and AI-generated fake profiles
- Opens Monday, Oct. 12 in ZenGuide; start it from your Level 2 email from IT Security
- Takes about 15 minutes
- Optional; all levels should be completed by Friday, Oct. 30
AI tools can write a polished phishing email in seconds, clone a voice from a short clip, and build a fake profile that looks just like a real colleague. This week, you’ll learn how to see through those tricks and use AI the safe way.
In This Level
- 60 Seconds to Better Security: AI Chatbot Threats (video)
- Real or Fake: The Deepfake Dilemma (game)
- The Lighthouse Keeper: AI-Generated Deepfakes (video)
- Generative AI: Fake Profiles and Posts (interactive module)
Know the Signs
- Video with unnatural blinking, lips out of sync, or blurring around the face
- Audio with a flat or robotic tone or odd pauses
- An urgent call or video from a leader or family member asking for money, access, or secrecy
- New profiles with few connections that send job offers, investment tips, or requests to move to another app
Protect Yourself
- Verify unusual requests: hang up and call back at a number you know, or ask a question only the real person could answer
- Chatbots can be confidently wrong. Check facts before you rely on them.
- A well-written message is no longer proof it’s real. Check the sender.
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Important
Don’t enter confidential data, like student records, personnel information, or passwords, into public AI tools. Use SFA-approved tools; see SFA’s AI Use Guidelines. |
This Week’s Challenge
- Set a verification rule: agree on a callback rule or code word with your family or team for urgent requests for money or access.
- Lock down a profile: review the privacy settings on one social media account.
- Check before you chat: before using an AI tool for work, check whether it’s approved.
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Tip
Seeing and hearing is no longer believing. Verify through a second channel.
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