Introduction to Common Cyber Security Threats

The Introduction to Cyber Security Threats course content will cover common cyber security threats to individuals and organizations without going into minute detail, but will give you a better understanding of the subject.

The objective of this course is to give you some basic knowledge of cyber security threats and how to best protect yourself against them. By applying the concepts contained in the course, you will improve your personal or organizational cyber security awareness of threats and how to mitigate them.

The course has been designed as an entry-level source of information and participants are encouraged to do further research if they are interested.

This course covers a number of topics related to common Cyber Security threats, including:

• What is Cyber Security?
• Types of Threat.
• Compromised Accounts.
• Phishing.
• Malware.
• Ransomware
• Wi-Fi.
• Cyber Hygiene.
• Secure Passwords and Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA).
• Securely Sharing Information.
• Cracked Software.
• Updates.
• Safe Social Media Use.