RMIT staff travelling internationally will be the focus of our campaign as there is little information on RMIT’s cybersecurity page on the dangers of international travel. In the media and communications department alone, there are 30 staff that travel internationally to Singapore each year. 

 

Dangerous behaviours such as using public wifi to access emails or paying with credit cards has become a recognisable issue, highlighted recently in a worldwide study of 15,532 respondents with 59% using public wifi to access personal emails (Clement, 2017). 

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Thanks to cybersecurity education and awareness programs that have been executed throughout the years, RMIT staff are equipped with base knowledge of cybersecurity. However, they need to be more aware of the dangers when travelling internationally as there are increased chances of them being exposed to cyber-threats. For example, when staff login with their RMIT details whilst using airport, hotel or campus wifis. 

 

Despite the recent breach at RMIT, based on the survey that was conducted among RMIT travelling staff, the ‘it won’t happen to us’ mindset has been identified as one of the main issues, many of whom stated that they would be more active if they were to become a victim. 

 

Lastly, there is a lack of engagement towards cybersecurity due to information overload before travelling, which has prevented action being taken. This was proven with our survey when staff stated that “they don’t engage with cybersecurity preparation”.