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Certificate of Achievement
has completed the following course:
Cyber Security Foundations: Why Cyber Security is Important
This cybersecurity training course is designed to introduce you to some of the most common and dangerous cyber attacks. Completing this introduction to cybersecurity will enable you to take the first key steps to protect your organization's data. With these cybersecurity basics, you can prevent sensitive information from getting into the wrong hands – and avoid the associated costs.
3 weeks, 2 hours per week
Jay Bavisi
President
EC-Council
Transcript
Learning outcomes
- Explore how malicious hackers can turn your social media against you
- Identify phishing emails and bad links
- Discuss how to prevent and recover from virus and ransomware attacks
- Explore how to harden your OS by patching and best practices
- Evaluate how to protect your data
Syllabus
A comprehensive program that covers a wide variety of topics including:
- Good password policies. We will be looking at how quickly a poor password can be cracked and what does a strong password look like.
- Why it makes sense to use a password manager. Including real examples - e.g. can a keylogger see a password manager password?
- Why you should never plug in a unknown USB drive (we will be launching a USB Rubbery Ducky attack similar to the one in Mr. Robot)
- We will be talking about a variety of viruses including ransomware, what it is, how to prevent it, what to do if you are infected.
- We will take a deep dive into why we need to be careful with our social media including social engineering attacks.
- Phishing and spearphishing emails? We will be crafting a couple phishing emails to help identify how they are done and what to look for.
- We will be securing our mobile devices with VPN’s, DNS redirects, best practices and more.
- Disaster recovery, how to prepare for the worst.
Issued on 16th January 2021
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