Digital Security Awareness, Part 1 of 4: Introduction

Course description

This course will explore types of security threats, both digital and physical. It will start off with an overview, look at types of threats and also social engineering.

Each LearnNowOnline training course is made up of Modules (typically an hour in length). Within each module there are Topics (typically 15-30 minutes each) and Subtopics (typically 2-5 minutes each). There is a Post Exam for each Module that must be passed with a score of 70% or higher to successfully and fully complete the course.

Prerequisites

There are no prerequisites.

Meet the expert

Kenneth Mayer

As a certified Microsoft Instructor, Ken has focused his career on various security aspects of computer and network technology since the early 1980s. He has offered a wide variety of IT training and high level consulting projects for Fortune 500 companies globally. Through the course of his extensive career, he has taught a full line of Microsoft, CompTIA, Cisco, and other high level IT Security curricula.

Video Runtime

68 Minutes

Time to complete

88 Minutes

Course Outline

Introduction

Overview (12:42)

• Introduction (00:10)
• Overview (00:22)
• Security Domains (03:37)
• What Is Security? (01:34)
• Are You at Risk? (02:18)
• So What About You? (01:10)
• Course Goals (00:34)
• What Will We Cover? (00:46)
• Social Engineering (01:58)
• Summary (00:08)

Types of Threats (25:52)

• Introduction (00:08)
• Introduction (03:25)
• Your Internet (05:34)
• Yourself (03:54)
• Social Engineering (03:00)
• Your Email (02:53)
• Wardriving (02:20)
• Your Files (04:26)
• Summary (00:08)

Social Engineering (29:44)

• Introduction (00:08)
• What Is Social Engineering? (10:28)
• Social Engineering Defense (03:30)
• Manipulation (05:38)
• Why Social Engineering Works (07:32)
• Personal Precautions (02:18)
• Summary (00:08)