Defend Your Shell Annual Security Awareness Training

Defend Your Shell is the mandatory annual information technology security awareness training for the University of Maryland, College Park and affiliated satellite institutions.

Here are some helpful tips for training season: 

When it's time to complete your training, you'll be able to get started at your Learning Home on Workday. You must log in with your UMD credentials and enroll in the course to begin.

In your Learning Home, scroll down to locate the course in the “Required for You” section. Click on the course card to enroll and start the course. If you do not see the course under Required for You, you may navigate directly to the course page and enroll there.

The material is broken up into three main modules with corresponding quizzes that can be completed at your convenience. It takes approximately 45 minutes to view the full series. You may watch the videos at up to double speed, but do not fast forward to the end of the video. Doing so will disrupt your quiz tracking. You will need to reset and rewatch the entire video if you attempt to fast forward and fail the quiz.

To enable captions in English or Spanish, select the Video Settings (gear icon), click on Caption, then select the language to turn on English or Spanish captions.

To access your certificate of completion after finishing the course, search for My Learning Certificates in the main search bar or from your Learning Home.

If you have any questions, please contact the IT Service Desk.