Kagawa University's SETOKU Shows Hints for Personalization That Dramatically Changes Organizational Security Awareness
SecureNavi interviewed 'SETOKU,' a cybercrime prevention volunteer group at Kagawa University. The article introduces the process by which students, initially uninterested in security, changed their mindset through activities and began to see it as a personal matter. It presents these secrets as hints for fostering a security culture in corporations.
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■ Interview Article Details: https://note.com/secure_navi/n/ndb80ca18d071
'SETOKU,' a cybercrime prevention volunteer group officially recognized by Kagawa University, is dramatically transforming student security awareness through its activities. SecureNavi conducted an interview with the group to explore hints for fostering a spontaneous security culture.
Many members of SETOKU initially had little interest in security, but as they participated in activities, they began to act proactively, and their security awareness in daily life improved. This change in consciousness has even influenced their career choices.
This suggests that the key to changing people's behavior is not just teaching knowledge and skills, but also the process of 'how they get involved' and 'how motivation is designed.'
This process of change can also be applied to fostering a security culture in companies, and SETOKU's efforts are considered to contain reproducible and important implications, not just as a success story.
This article delves into the process of change—'how students who were not interested in security came to have spontaneous actions and high-risk awareness'—and explores concrete hints for companies to instill a security culture from that process.
Unexpected Motivations for Joining: Student Teaching Practice and 'Coolness'
SETOKU has a diverse range of students regardless of gender ratio or faculty, but the reasons for joining are not always about wanting to specialize in cybersecurity. For example, some students joined with little interest in security itself after hearing they could 'teach children through educational activities,' while others joined because they felt the 'coolness' of the purification activities that shut down phishing sites. The motivations are diverse.
Thus, designing entry points around things that can be of interest regardless of specialized knowledge, such as 'education' or 'coolness,' leads to students' voluntary activities.
Security Awareness Changed from 'Someone Else's Problem' to 'My Problem'
As they continue their activities, a change is seen in the students' inner selves. For example, they start to feel the risk in leaving a laptop screen open when leaving a seat in the cafeteria, and security, which they once felt was a distant issue, becomes something they are conscious of when they use the internet themselves. They are acquiring security not just as knowledge, but as risk awareness.
Furthermore, there have been changes in their career choices. Some students say, 'Security has been added to my future options,' and even students from non-specialized fields, through these activities, have come to feel the importance of security firsthand and see it as a career possibility.
■ Interview Article Details: https://note.com/secure_navi/n/ndb80ca18d071
About Kagawa University's Official Cybercrime Prevention Volunteer Group SETOKU
'SETOKU' is an abbreviation for SEcurity Team Of Kagawa University, and it works to realize a safe and secure local community in the field of cybersecurity. SETOKU receives support and cooperation from various parties such as the Kagawa Prefectural Police, the Japan Cybercrime Control Center (JC3), and Trend Micro Inc., and works for the safety and security of Kagawa Prefecture by engaging in ① educational activities to prevent crime damage, ② public relations and awareness activities, and ③ cyberspace purification activities.
■ Website: https://csc.kagawa-u.ac.jp/organization/setoku/
About SecureNavi Inc.
Company Name: SecureNavi Inc.
Representative: CEO Tomohiro Izaki
Established: January 2020
Location: 4F Shirakawa Showroom Building, 3-23-6 Nishi-Shimbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-0003
Corporate Site: https://secure-navi-inc.jp/
'SETOKU,' a cybercrime prevention volunteer group officially recognized by Kagawa University, is dramatically transforming student security awareness through its activities. SecureNavi conducted an interview with the group to explore hints for fostering a spontaneous security culture.
Many members of SETOKU initially had little interest in security, but as they participated in activities, they began to act proactively, and their security awareness in daily life improved. This change in consciousness has even influenced their career choices.
This suggests that the key to changing people's behavior is not just teaching knowledge and skills, but also the process of 'how they get involved' and 'how motivation is designed.'
This process of change can also be applied to fostering a security culture in companies, and SETOKU's efforts are considered to contain reproducible and important implications, not just as a success story.
This article delves into the process of change—'how students who were not interested in security came to have spontaneous actions and high-risk awareness'—and explores concrete hints for companies to instill a security culture from that process.
Unexpected Motivations for Joining: Student Teaching Practice and 'Coolness'
SETOKU has a diverse range of students regardless of gender ratio or faculty, but the reasons for joining are not always about wanting to specialize in cybersecurity. For example, some students joined with little interest in security itself after hearing they could 'teach children through educational activities,' while others joined because they felt the 'coolness' of the purification activities that shut down phishing sites. The motivations are diverse.
Thus, designing entry points around things that can be of interest regardless of specialized knowledge, such as 'education' or 'coolness,' leads to students' voluntary activities.
Security Awareness Changed from 'Someone Else's Problem' to 'My Problem'
As they continue their activities, a change is seen in the students' inner selves. For example, they start to feel the risk in leaving a laptop screen open when leaving a seat in the cafeteria, and security, which they once felt was a distant issue, becomes something they are conscious of when they use the internet themselves. They are acquiring security not just as knowledge, but as risk awareness.
Furthermore, there have been changes in their career choices. Some students say, 'Security has been added to my future options,' and even students from non-specialized fields, through these activities, have come to feel the importance of security firsthand and see it as a career possibility.
■ Interview Article Details: https://note.com/secure_navi/n/ndb80ca18d071
About Kagawa University's Official Cybercrime Prevention Volunteer Group SETOKU
'SETOKU' is an abbreviation for SEcurity Team Of Kagawa University, and it works to realize a safe and secure local community in the field of cybersecurity. SETOKU receives support and cooperation from various parties such as the Kagawa Prefectural Police, the Japan Cybercrime Control Center (JC3), and Trend Micro Inc., and works for the safety and security of Kagawa Prefecture by engaging in ① educational activities to prevent crime damage, ② public relations and awareness activities, and ③ cyberspace purification activities.
■ Website: https://csc.kagawa-u.ac.jp/organization/setoku/
About SecureNavi Inc.
Company Name: SecureNavi Inc.
Representative: CEO Tomohiro Izaki
Established: January 2020
Location: 4F Shirakawa Showroom Building, 3-23-6 Nishi-Shimbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-0003
Corporate Site: https://secure-navi-inc.jp/