Defend Yourself: Cybersecurity Awareness & Best Practices

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About This Course

This course was fully updated in September '24 to equip you with the latest tools and insights. Stay ahead, stay secure!

COURSE DESCRIPTION

Cybersecurity and hacking are increasingly in the media these days. Data leaks are making headlines around the world. In many cases, it is internal employees who carelessly click on a manipulated email attachment, allowing malware to be installed or sensitive information to be tapped. Understanding the tactics and techniques of these cyber-attacks can significantly reduce your risk of becoming a victim.

In our ultra-modern world, more and more people are connected to the Internet through computers, smartphones, and other Internet-enabled devices. This expands the attack surface for cybercriminals. It's time to defend yourself.

This video training course is designed to raise your awareness of cybersecurity and focus on best practices for individuals and organizations of all sizes.


TARGET GROUP

Individuals and employees in organizations who want to develop cybersecurity awareness and help reduce the risk of data leaks and other security incidents by learning tactics and techniques for preventing and detecting cyber-attacks.


Organizations of all sizes, as it provides valuable information and best practices tailored to their specific needs and challenges. Through targeted cyber security training, organizations can increase their security and significantly reduce the risk of cyber-attacks.


METHOD

​The trainer explains the basic concepts and workflows step-by-step and in an easy-to-understand manner. Subtitles are available in English and Spanish.


COURSE OBJECTIVES

In this course you will learn:

  • how to PREVENT an attack, DETECT an attack and REACT to an attack

  • how to convey effective defense techniques without getting overly suspicious and being unhelpful to legitimate customers

  • to balance trust with verification


BENEFITS

Become a security aware citizen, protecting yourself and making others aware of security risks. Learn how to convey effective defense techniques without being overly suspicious and being unhelpful to legitimate customers. According to Reuters, end-user awareness and training reduces security-related risks for organizations by 45% to 70%.

  • You will learn how to prevent an attack, how to detect an attack and how to react to an attack appropriately.

  • You will learn how to convey effective defense techniques without getting overly suspicious and being unhelpful to legitimate customers.

  • You will learn how to balance trust with verification.

Course Curriculum

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SONIC Performance Support is a leading provider of e-learning and performance support solutions. We proudly serve individuals, government agencies, schools and businesses of all sizes. SONIC Performance Support provides high-quality video training, that is used by well-known domestic and foreign companies. With video based training, you have a personal coach explaining and demonstrating the task at hand. You can stop...

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Thandiwe
4.5
1 year ago

It was a good course, it was bringing back everything that I had learned in what was also mentioned "compliance training" to check keep us alert.
More points needed in the video itself to assist in note taking.

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Patricia S.
4.5
1 year ago

This course is very informative. There are some things that I am aware of but other information that is new to me.

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Heru P.
5.0
1 year ago

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ui-avatar of Eric Schrauth
Eric S.
5.0
2 years ago

Knew alot about all of the topics already.

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ui-avatar of Jacqueline Gilyard Jones
Jacqueline G. J.
3.0
2 years ago

Pretty elementary

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ui-avatar of Rajendranath Moulick
Rajendranath M.
2.5
2 years ago

I was expecting to learn some tools by which I could have safeguarded me if I affected by some malware.

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ui-avatar of Dennis Carino Tayaban
Dennis C. T.
5.0
3 years ago

Yes it helps a lot in understanding more about Cybersecurity protocols.

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ui-avatar of Jeff Packer
Jeff P.
5.0
3 years ago

Great important course

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ui-avatar of Akram Khunaizi
Akram K.
5.0
3 years ago

Excellent content. Useful to my employees

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ui-avatar of Carruthers Kofi Dodzi Kodzitse
Carruthers K. D. K.
5.0
4 years ago

Resourceful awareness

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