• Online, Self-Paced

In this course, students will learn about different types of social engineering attacks and gain hands-on experience in two labs using the Social Engineering Toolkit (SET).

Learning Objectives

By the end of this course, students should be able to:
- Understand different types of social engineering attacks
- Understand behavioral and technical controls that can be used
- Understand how to communicate basic security awareness to others

Framework Connections

The materials within this course focus on the NICE Framework Task, Knowledge, and Skill statements identified within the indicated NICE Framework component(s):

Specialty Areas

  • Exploitation Analysis

Specialty Areas have been removed from the NICE Framework. With the recent release of the new NICE Framework data, updates to courses are underway. Until this course can be updated, this historical information is provided to give better context as to how it can help you with your cybersecurity goals.

Feedback

If you would like to provide feedback for this course, please e-mail the NICCS SO at NICCS@hq.dhs.gov.