Preventing Identity Theft

  • 6 topics | 28m 59s
  • Includes Assessment
  • Up to 30 languages
  • Transcripts
More and more business and communication is happening online, leading to organizations holding a great deal of personally identifiable information (PII) about their clients and customers. This PII can make transactions easier, but if safety measures aren't taken, it can also give identity thieves an opportunity. This course will make you more aware of the risk of customers' PII being used to steal their identities. You'll learn about precautions to keep PII safe and how to reduce the risk of malware or successful phishing attacks. Knowing some of the preventive measures to take can help safeguard both the client and your company as a whole.

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN

  • recognize the laws, regulations, and guidelines that cover the protection of PII
  • recognize the types of consequences employees could face for failing to protect PII
  • recognize precautions that you can take to help secure physical documents that contain client PII
  • recognize what you can do to help secure electronic PII for clients
  • recognize the importance of protecting PII
  • recognize ways to prevent the spread of malware
  • recognize potential warning signs of phishing attempts
  • recognize the common ways to access PII

IN THIS COURSE

  • The Need to Protect PII
    5m
  • Securing Physical and Electronic PII
    4m
  • Knowledge Check: Protecting PII
    4m
  • Preventing the Spread of Malware
    4m
  • Recognize Phishing Attempts
    4m
  • Knowledge Check: Accessing PII
    3m

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