CUI – Training and Resources
Training
All faculty and staff who may come into contact with Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) data in their course of performing their job duties are required to take training. The training required depends upon your job, and the nature of your interaction with CUI data here at the university.
Researchers and the staff who work with them (including students) should complete the following training:
- Completing the DoD Mandatory CUI Training (Learn@Work: 5 minutes plus approx 1 hr for the DoD training on the CDSE website)
- Protecting CUI Data at WashU: Research Staff (Learn@Work: 15 minutes, coming soon)
- Insider Threats (Learn@Work: 10 minutes)
You must successfully pass the assessment at the end of the DoD Mandatory CUI training, and email your certificate of completion to the CUI team.
IT Staff who provide technical support to research teams handling CUI data should complete the following training:
- Completing the DoD Mandatory CUI Training (Learn@Work: 5 minutes plus approx 1 hr for the DoD training on the CDSE website)
- Protecting CUI Data at WashU: IT Support Staff (Learn@Work: 15 minutes, coming soon)
- Insider Threats (Learn@Work: 10 minutes)
You must successfully pass the assessment at the end of the DoD Mandatory CUI training, and email your certificate of completion to the CUI team.
IT Staff who operate and maintain the WUSTL-Secure Enclave environment for storing and working with CUI data should complete the following training:
- Completing the DoD Mandatory CUI Training (Learn@Work: 5 minutes plus approx 1 hr for the DoD training on the CDSE website)
- Insider Threats (Learn@Work: 10 minutes)
You must successfully pass the assessment at the end of the DoD Mandatory CUI training, and email your certificate of completion to the CUI team.
In addition, IT Staff will be assigned various trainings delivered by the Infosec Institute. To see your assigned trainings, please sign in to the Infosec Institute using your WUSTL Key (domain: washington-university-st-louis)
Staff who maintain the physical environment where CUI research is happening need to know about the steps WashU takes to maintain the physical security of these environments. A short, 5-minute Learn@Work video, Working in CUI Research Areas (coming soon), covers the protections you should maintain.
Resources
Back to CMMC at WUSTL and Security of Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) in Sponsored Research