Invitation to attend safety training

If you have been automatically redirected to this page, you will shortly receive an email from awareness.training@htw-dresden.de containing a certificate, asking you to complete a security training course.

The link to the security training leads to the server awareness.rz.htw-dresden.de. Please take a few minutes to watch this training video.

How can you tell from the following email that this is a phishing attempt?

  • The email is marked as [External]
  • The sender is not from HTW Dresden
  • Time pressure is being exerted by setting the deadline as short as possible.
  • The link does not lead to HTW Dresden. You can tell this by hovering your mouse over the link without clicking it
  • The telephone number does not belong to HTW Dresden

What should you do if it’s already happened?

The example above is a phishing simulation. Nothing has actually happened here. However, if you have previously clicked on a similar email from a different sender, your password and/or your computer may have been compromised.

Change your password immediately. To do so, do not click on any links; instead, check the HTW Dresden website directly.

Report this incident to the ZID or the Information Security Officer.

Further information