Mitigating Security Risks: Managing Social Engineering Risks
IT Security
| Intermediate
- 10 Videos | 1h 12m 30s
- Includes Assessment
- Earns a Badge
Social engineering is a security attack method that takes advantage of the social aspect of human nature, which includes trust and interactivity. All members of an organization need to recognize how these subtle and manipulative techniques work and what they can do to avoid falling prey to them. In this course, you'll explore what's meant by social engineering, examining standard social engineering techniques, the basic principles of these kinds of attacks, their intended outcomes, who and what they target, and the risks they pose for your organization. Moving along, you'll investigate how social engineering is used to launch a cyberattack, study different types of spoofing attacks, and specify best practices to safeguard against social engineering. At the end of the course, you'll recognize the objectives of social engineering attacks, how they're carried out, and how to implement security measures to prevent them.
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN
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discover the key concepts covered in this coursedescribe what is meant by social engineering and give examplesdescribe the key intent of social engineeringlist the principles of social engineering attacks (authority, intimidation, consensus, scarcity, urgency, familiarity, and trust)describe using examples how social engineering is used as a medium to launch cyber attacks
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list some types of social engineering attackslist some types of spoofing attacksidentify the possible targets in social engineeringdescribe the best practices for protecting against social engineeringsummarize the key concepts covered in this course
IN THIS COURSE
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1.Course Overview1m 37sUP NEXT
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2.Social Engineering Explained11m 4s
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3.The Intents of Social Engineering4m 42s
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4.Principles of Social Engineering8m 11s
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5.Social Engineering as the Attack Tool8m
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6.Types of Social Engineering Attacks9m 18s
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7.Types of Spoofing Attacks7m 29s
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8.Possible Targets in Social Engineering8m 46s
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9.Best Practices for Handling Social Engineering12m
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10.Course Summary1m 22s
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