Tales of True Tech Crimes: Ripped from the Headlines FLEXCAST

Overview

2020 was an exceptional year for everyone, and like everyone, the hackers, scammers, and other technology criminals took advantage of new opportunities brought by COVID. Criminals reportedly used innovative approaches to exploit weaknesses created by the pandemic. You will learn tips and techniques from these events to help protect you, your company, and your data. Attend this session and learn more about how high-profile control failures occurred so you can be more effective at preventing crimes such as theft, malware, ransomware, phishing, and hacking.

Highlights

Common security weaknesses that occur with hardware and software at home and in the office. Malware, ransomware, data breach, and incident response tips. Internal control failures resulting in the theft of assets or unauthorized manipulation of data. User authentication and security awareness training.

Prerequisites

None.

Designed For

Business professionals desiring to improve information security by learning from recent technology crimes and data breaches.

Objectives

List at least three major security incidents reported in the headlines in the last year and explain at least one primary control design or operation flaws that allowed the hack to occur. Select the correct definitions from a list of standard security terms such as attack surface, vulnerability, exploit, social engineering, phishing, malware, heuristics, biometrics, and multi factor authentication (MFA). Explain why home-grade computer hardware and applications are sometimes less secure than business and enterprise-grade hardware and applications. List at least three best practices learned because of reviewing the incidents cited in the case studies.

Preparation

None.

Notice

This is a FlexCast (no exam required) and may be viewed only Monday - Saturday, 5am - 5pm PT. You may take up to one year from the date of purchase to complete the course. Pause your FlexCast and resume at a convenient day during the hours above. Partial credit for 2+ credit courses: If you are unable to complete the course in one sitting, partial credit can be awarded (minimum of one credit). To earn the remaining credits, you must return later and start the course from the beginning. Use chat to ask questions of a subject matter expert during the program.