Social Engineering
Learning objectives
- Recognize the impact social engineering threats can have on an organization and identify the most common types of social engineering
- Gain insight into common tactics leveraged by social engineers including creating a sense of urgency, exploiting trust, and appealing to emotions
- Identify warning signs of possible social engineering threat
- Apply some basic strategies and protections against social engineering such as multi-factor authentication
Course overview
If you got an urgent email from your boss asking for your company’s latest financial reports, what would you do? Cybercriminals can pretend to be your coworkers, using only public information, sending you emails and asking for things; if you’re not careful, you might not catch the difference. This is called “social engineering,” and it can have major consequences.
The individuals involved in the development and promotion of this course do not receive any compensation or financial benefits outside of their regular employment for their work on this course.
- 8 minutes
- Format: Video
- Tier: 2
- Course ID: 8298
English
Course Outline
- Social Engineering
- Types of Social Engineering
- Scenarios
- Protecting Yourself