Security Literacy (Beginner)

Topics covered

• compare cloud-based vs. on-premise vulnerabilities
• define different phishing attacks including spear phishing and whaling
• define types of scams, fraud, and hoaxes
• describe data protection including topics like data loss prevention, masking, and encryption
• describe dumpster diving, shoulder surfing, pharming, and other exploits
• describe examples of risks that can occur to anyone in any situation as well as those that expose organization's to security risks
• describe how an insider threat in an organization would manifest
• describe spam and its variants such as spim
• describe what malware is and list standard types of malware
• identify why and how security is everyone's responsibility
• illustrate using examples common actions from daily work-life that expose people to security risks
• list the standard security governance activities that relate to information security
• list the types of threat actors and their motives
• list types of cybersecurity threats
• recognize the standard security threats to an organization