Certificate in Social Engineering: Online Safety

• Understanding Social Engineering: This unit will cover the basics of social engineering, including what it is, how it works, and the most common types of social engineering attacks.
• Online Safety Best Practices: This unit will teach students how to protect themselves online by following best practices such as creating strong passwords, enabling two-factor authentication, and avoiding phishing scams.
• Email Security: This unit will focus on how to keep emails secure, including how to identify and avoid suspicious emails, how to encrypt emails, and how to use email filters to block spam and phishing attempts.
• Social Media Safety: This unit will cover how to use social media safely, including how to adjust privacy settings, how to avoid oversharing personal information, and how to spot and report online harassment.
• Mobile Device Security: This unit will teach students how to secure their mobile devices, including how to use mobile device management (MDM) tools, how to encrypt data, and how to avoid mobile malware.
• Identity Theft Prevention: This unit will cover how to prevent identity theft, including how to protect personal information, how to monitor credit reports, and how to respond to identity theft if it occurs.
• Public Wi-Fi Safety: This unit will focus on how to stay safe when using public Wi-Fi networks, including how to use virtual private networks (VPNs), how to avoid man-in-the-middle attacks, and how to use mobile hotspots.
• Remote Work Security: This unit will teach students how to stay secure when working remotely, including how to use virtual private networks (VPNs), how to secure home networks, and how to avoid remote access trojans (RATs).
• Data Backup and Recovery: This unit will cover how to back up and recover data, including how to use cloud backup services, how to create a data backup plan, and how to recover lost or stolen data.