Cybersecurity at Work (2020)
55mIntermediate2020-02-26
Authors

Caroline Wong
Vice President of Cobalt.io
Course details
Cybersecurity isn't solely within your IT department's purview. If you own a smartphone, work on a computer, or use the internet, then you're exposed to a variety of security risks on a daily basis. In this course, instructor Caroline Wong details what these threats are and what you can do about them—both to protect yourself and your organization. In a series of engaging scenarios, Caroline shines a spotlight on some of the most common security risks you'll encounter in your personal and work life, as well as how to mitigate them. Learn how to identify and avoid phishing, malware, and social engineering attacks. Plus, get best practices for protecting your accounts, company intellectual property, and online activity.
Topics include:
- Protecting sensitive information in your physical office
- Avoiding malware attacks
- Social engineering attacks, such as voice phishing
- Avoiding security attacks on smartphones
- Identifying different types of email scams
- Best practices for working with both public and home Wi-Fi
- The benefits of using VPN
- Creating strong passwords
- Protecting company and employee information
Topics include:
- Protecting sensitive information in your physical office
- Avoiding malware attacks
- Social engineering attacks, such as voice phishing
- Avoiding security attacks on smartphones
- Identifying different types of email scams
- Best practices for working with both public and home Wi-Fi
- The benefits of using VPN
- Creating strong passwords
- Protecting company and employee information
Skills covered
Incident ResponseCybersecurityOne-Off
Concepts
0. Introduction
- 01 - Secure behavior in the workplace
1. Office Security
- 02 - Office security
- 03 - Office security best practices
- 04 - Laptop and desktop security
2. Computer Security
- 05 - Updating software
- 06 - Common vulnerabilities and exposures (CVE)
- 07 - Malware overview
- 08 - Malware - Ransomware
- 09 - Malware - Worms, viruses, and rootkits
3. Mobile Security
- 10 - Social engineering overview
- 11 - Social engineering - Counterfeit apps
- 12 - Social engineering - Voice phishing
- 13 - Social engineering - Social media information gathering
- 14 - Smartphones
4. Email Security
- 15 - Email phishing
5. Wireless Security
- 16 - Public Wi-Fi
- 17 - VPN
- 18 - Home Wi-Fi
6. Account Security
- 19 - Password security
- 20 - Multifactor authentication
7. Data Security
- 21 - Intellectual property
- 22 - Customer information
- 23 - Employee information
Conclusion
- 24 - You are part of the security team
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