• Classroom
  • Online, Instructor-Led
  • Online, Self-Paced
Course Description

Cyber Security Awareness training teaches you to spot fakes, avoid risks online, and use good cyber-hygiene practices at work and at home to protect themselves and their organization’s assets from loss or harm. Criminals take advantage of your trust, panic, greed, fear, and human error.

Learning Objectives

Introduction

  • Security Training and its importance
  • How does this training help?
  • Breach Cost
  • Bad Actors
  • What is information security, risk, threats, attacks
  • Information security: CIA
  • Information security controls

Our Working Conditions

  • Working Remotely
  • Smart devices
  • Threat Target - Humans
    • Spoofing
    • Caller ID Spoofing
    • One ring Phone scam
    • IP Spoofing
    • URL Spoofing
    • Email address Spoofing
  • IoT/Home Security
  • Security While Traveling

Physical Security Concerns

  • Dumpster Diving
  • Piggybacking
  • Tailgating
  • Eavesdropping
  • Portable Media Devices
  • Email communications

Social Engineering

  • Phishing scams & threats
  • Deceptive Phishing
  • Whaling / CEO Fraud
  • W2 Phishing
  • Search Engine Phishing
  • Pharming
  • Spear Phishing
  • Vishing
  • SMiSHing
  • Dropbox Phishing
  • Google Docs Phishing
  • Image Phishing
  • Protect against Identity Theft
  • Examples of Social Engineering

Social Media

  • Personal Social Media
  • Business Social Media
  • Social Media & "BYOD"

Malware

  • Computer viruses
  • Worms
  • Trojan horses
  • Ransomware
  • Spyware
  • Adware
  • Scareware
  • Keylogger
  • Signs of infection
  • Password: Guidelines and Best Practices
  • Two-factor Authentication

Internet Security

  • Guidelines and Best Practices
  • Is the link safe?
  • Hover mouse before clicking
  • Downloading safely
  • VOIP Communications
  • Advantages & disadvantages
  • Phone scams

System and Device Security

  • Operating System and Device Security
  • Mobile devices
  • Cloud

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):

Feedback

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