Cybersecurity Awareness: Social Engineering

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Free Online Course: Cybersecurity Awareness: Social Engineering provided by LinkedIn Learning is a comprehensive online course, which lasts for 1-2 hours worth of material. The course is taught in English and is free of charge. Upon completion of the course, you can receive an e-certificate from LinkedIn Learning. Cybersecurity Awareness: Social Engineering is taught by Stephanie Ihezukwu.

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