Social Engineering

Course Abstract

5 minutes

Reduce the risk of social engineering tactics such as phishing and vishing, used to attack information systems and compromise data security. This critical course increases manager awareness of how human hackers attempt to gain access to sensitive information and provides strategies for safeguarding customer data and company information.

• Overview of social engineering and how it is used to compromise data
  
  
• Specific examples of the methods hackers use to access company information systems

• Strategies for preventing human hackers from gaining access to information
  
  
• Overview of phishing and vishing—how these tactics are used and how they can be prevented