Cyber Security Awareness For Employees and Professionals

Learn Cyber Security Awareness and Best Practices with SIA’s Top Cyber Security Experts

Created by: SIA Global Security
Team of Global Security Experts

What Will I Learn?

• the nature & extent of the latest cybersecurity threats
• how to detect & deflect cyber threats & attacks
• how to detect & prevent social engineering attacks
• the different forms that phishing attacks can take (spear phishing, whaling, smishing & vishing)
• how to recognize & avoid phishing attacks (for example, links & emails that falsely replicate authentic websites & email accounts)
• protection against malware applications & attacks
• how to create strong passwords & why some passwords aren’t effective
• how to use passphrases & password management tools
• how to create & use authentication techniques (MFA or multi-factor authentication, and 2FA or two-factor authentication)
• how to identify & avoid unsecured websites (& practice checking for these in a simulated environment)
• why using a Virtual Private Network (or VPN) has advantages
• how to protect your computer against visual hacking and hackers who execute “sneak peeking” attacks
• how to prevent piggybacking and tailgating
• how to encrypt & protect sensitive data using asymmetric & symmetric encryption
• the importance of cloud security, who manages it & the basic concepts involved

Requirements

• Access to internet

Target audience

• Any employee who wants to learn the basics of cyber security to work safely