Cyber Hygiene for Professionals

The Cyber Hygiene for Professionals course is designed to provide you with a foundation of cybersecurity concepts to increase your “Cyber Situational Awareness” and lower the risk of you being affected by cyber attacks.

Cyber-related crimes are more common in this day and age than ever before and they will only increase as the complexity of our technology increases. Emails, passwords, phone numbers, and much more are all avenues of a potential security risk. Cyber Hygiene is a concept that reminds individuals and organizations alike interacting with these technologies, that we should not only manage our activities in a secure manner but also keep our skills up to date with the current landscape.

This course is designed for individuals and organizations who want to increase their knowledge of Cyber Hygiene and best practices.  This course requires no technical knowledge and has no prerequisites.

Outline of Topics Covered

• What is Cyber Hygiene?
• Who uses Cyber Hygiene?
• How can you benefit from good Cyber Hygiene?
• Phishing
• What is Phishing
• Types of Phishing
• The Cost of Phishing
• Combating Phishing
• Social Engineering
• Motivation
• Basic SE Principle Pt.1
• Combating Social Engineering
• Securing Your Work Space
• Privacy
• Passwords
• Clean Desk Policy
• Device and Software Updates
• Building rapport with IT
• Combating insider threats