Cybersecurity Essentials

Cybersecurity has been of growing interest for many organizations and governments throughout the last decade. A 2022 Forbes articles reveals in 93 percent of cases, an external attacker can breach an organization’s network perimeter and gain access to local network resources. This course covers the essentials of cybersecurity from threat assessment and awareness tactics to mitigation. Take a serious subject from a light-hearted approach, this course demonstrates best practices for creating a safe and secure workspace, detecting and preventing social engineering, identifying and stopping phishing attacks, and effective passwords and other authentication measures. Utilize this course to foster a consistent and cohesive understanding of basic cybersecurity practices and principals everyone within the organization should follow.