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End User Cyber Fundamentals
This End User Cyber Fundamentals course covers Internet risks such as typo squatting, website spoofing, drive-by downloads, Malvertising, and how to protect yourself using security best practices.
Course Overview
The desire to increase your depth of knowledge as it relates to tasks you do every day such an email, storing your photos and using Social Media.
Learning Objectives
By the end of this course, students should be able to:
- Understand steps you can take to protect your device and data while browsing the internet
- Recognize online scams, typosquatting and spoofed websites.
- Understanding of mobile phone security
- Why you should use a VPN
- How to safely use Social Media
- How to safely use Public Cloud Storage. Did you know that Gmail, iCloud, and Google photos are Public Cloud Storage?
- What IoT is and how to secure an IoT device
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):
Competency Areas
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