Cybersecurity Awareness: Social Engineering

Offered By: LinkedIn Learning

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Cybersecurity Courses Penetration Testing Courses Social Engineering Courses Phishing Courses Password Management Courses Vishing Courses

Course Description

Overview

Defend your organization from social engineering by learning to recognize and thwart the most common types of attacks.

Syllabus

Introduction

Defeat social engineers
What is social engineering?

1. Social Engineering Techniques

Influence and decision-making
Phishing
Pretexting
Spear phishing and whaling
Vishing
Baiting
Tailgating and shoulder surfing

2. Safegarding Your Company from Attacks

Cybersecurity awareness training
Properly manage passwords
Install patches
Spam filter
Sandboxing
Scan your attachments
Anti–social engineering software
Create policies and procedures

3. Testing Your Defenses

Phishing simulations
Penetration test
Physical penetration test
Social engineering penetration test

4. Cybersecurity Awareness Programs

Training videos
Posters and flyers
Education on personal data security

Conclusion

Next steps

Taught by

Stephanie Ihezukwu

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