Cyber Awareness Challenge 2019 is Now Available

In November, an updated Cyber Awareness Challenge was released. This version is a major update from previous versions, with a completely new look and feel. Return users will now have the option to opt out of the full course by taking the new Knowledge Check option. There is also an addition of a Facilitator Guide and Facilitator Briefing, all available under the Content Delivery Options.

The course starts with a message from the future describing serious vulnerabilities resulting from decisions in the present. The learner is asked to help prevent these incidents by making proper cybersecurity decisions about events from the evidence provided. Through this process, the user learns proper cybersecurity practices.

Users will be given the opportunity to answer questions to determine whether they need the Intelligence Community (IC) lessons and if they want to take the knowledge check track. The knowledge check option allows users to answer random questions before each lesson, based on content from the 2018 version. If all questions are answered correctly, that lesson can be bypassed and the user will be allowed to move to the next lesson.

The new version can be found at https://public.cyber.mil/training/cyber-awareness-challenge/. From this page, choose “Launch Training” under the Cyber Awareness Challenge 2019. Just a reminder that the training was designed to function using specific operating systems so be sure to read the message that pops up when you click on the Cyber Awareness Challenge link – it will explain which operating systems work. Once you have completed the challenge, you will have the option to save the certificate as a PDF.