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Detect Phishing, Avoid Compromise

by John Elliott

Attackers want to trick you into helping them by sending you malicious emails, text messages, and even voice calls. This course will teach you how to spot phishing attacks and what to do afterwards.

What you'll learn

Cyber attackers target human weaknesses using malicious communications to trick people. In this course, Detect Phishing, Avoid Compromise, you’ll learn to recognize phishing attempts against you! First, you’ll explore why phishing works. Next, you’ll discover how to spot a phishing email. Finally, you’ll learn how to avoid advanced phishing attacks that go beyond email. When you’re finished with this course, you’ll have the skills and knowledge of phishing and email security needed to protect yourself and your organization.

About the author

John Elliott is a specialist in regulated security and data protection. His fascination is the way that people engage with security directives: whether that’s a company following external regulation, an information security team developing policies, an IT team following them, or a colleague who is just trying to do their job securely. John has led information security and data protection functions in aviation and financial services. He’s represented both Visa Europe and Mastercard on the PCI S... more

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