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Social Engineering: Executive Briefing

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Overview

Social engineering poses a potential threat to not only employees at an organization, but also directly to company executives. In this executive briefing, we will look at understand what social engineering and how you can protect yourself from it.

Social engineering poses a potential threat to not only employees at an organization, but also directly to company executives. In this course, Social Engineering: Executive Briefing, you will learn what social engineering is and how you can protect yourself from it. First, you will look at different types of social engineering like Phishing, Vishing, and Impersonation. Next, you will see how an attacker would plan and execute an attack. Finally, you will explore how to protect your organization from attacks. By the end of this course, you will have gained an understanding of how you can protect yourself and your organization.

Syllabus

  • What Is Social Engineering? 5mins
  • Social Engineering Techniques 7mins
  • Mitigation Techniques 5mins

Taught by

Stephen Haunts

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