How to Identify and Combat Spam and Phishing Emails

Email security against spam and phishing emails - Cybersecurity for normal people

Created by: Roy Davis
Information Security Expert, Analytics, and IT Solutions

What Will I Learn?

• How email safety ties in with an overall cybersecurity strategy.
• Understand areas to help determine email sender trust.
• Identify red flags in emails.
• Evaluate methods for cutting down email scams and lowering account exposure.
• Understand strategies and tools to keep scammers at arm's length.
• What to do if you fall victim to an email scam.

Requirements

• Basic computer skills to understand basic terms and use email for work and/or home purposes.
• Familiarity with your email service or client to check email and change basic settings.
• Willingness to learn beyond the standard security awareness topic of phishing emails and spam emails.

Target audience

• Everyone who uses email for work, school, or personal use and wants to learn more about email safety.
• People who want a deeper dive into identifying and combating phishing and spam emails than what you will find in traditional security awareness courses.
• Normal people who want to learn basic to intermediate email security.
• This course is NOT designed for email admins or tech people unless you want to learn how to train normal people.