What you'll learn
- Students will know how to protect themselves from being hacked
- Students will understand how social engineering is used by cybercriminals
- Students will have an overview of social engineering techniques
- Students will learn how to identify, and thwart, a social engineering attack
Requirements
- No
Description
In the context of cyber-security, social engineering is the preferred tool via which cyber-criminals manipulate individuals into performing actions or divulging confidential information. Such attacks are very similar to a confidence trick or fraud, as it typically involves deception of some kind for the purpose of gaining information to be used against the individual, or to exploit vulnerabilities for the purpose of gaining more information or access into secure systems or facilities.
As the world becomes increasingly digital, cyber security threats are on the rise. Information has become the new oil, and security breaches take place on a daily basis. Cyber security experts predict that by 2021, cyber crime damages will cost the world $6 trillion annually. This is exponentially more than the damage inflicted by natural disasters in a year, and it is definitely more profitable than the global trade of all major illegal drugs combined.
At the end of this webinar, participants will become more difficult targets for cyber criminals by understanding:
- how social engineering is used by criminals/ hackers
- have an overview of the commonly used social engineering techniques
- learn how to identify, and more importantly thwart, a social engineering attack
Who this course is for:
- Employees of Small and Medium Enterprises
- Users of social media
Course content
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Instructor
![CW Fong](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 64 64"%3E%3C/svg%3E){kind=avatar}
- 3.8 Instructor Rating
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- 893 Students
- 3 Courses
Founder and Principal Consultant at CW Fong & Associates. CW Fong & Associates is a boutique communications firm that specializes in branding, digital strategy and crisis communications.
I am an experienced communications specialist who has successfully developed and executed communications campaigns for SMEs, MNCs and at the highest level of Government. I have successfully led teams and provided strategic counsel in complex and fast-paced environments. Professionally, I developed the communications frameworks I use and these frameworks have been published in leading professional and business publications (local and overseas), and have been taught to the government officials of ASEAN countries like Myanmar, Brunei, Malaysia and Singapore. My core competencies are in:
| Branding | Strategic Communications | Crisis Communications | Reputation Management | Training and Facilitation |