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Security Awareness: Phishing - How Hackers Get Your Secrets

Common, everyday communication, such as email, websites, and phone calls could potentially be a cybercriminal trying to lure you to expose information. This course teaches you how to protect yourself and your company from phishing attacks.

Jason Helmick - Pluralsight course - Security Awareness: Phishing - How Hackers Get Your Secrets
by Jason Helmick

What you'll learn

Hackers (cybercriminals) will try to lure you to exposing information or installing malicious software by clicking a link or opening an attachment. In this course, Security Awareness: Phishing - How Hackers Get Your Secrets, you'll learn how to protect your business and yourself from malicious attacks. First, you'll gain the knowledge of a specific attack known as phishing. Next, you'll discover how to identify the attack and how to stop from becoming a victim to cybercriminals. Finally, you will explore how to be more proactive in avoiding this type of attack and who to notify if one is detected. When you're finished with this course, you'll have the skills and knowledge of cyber security needed to protect yourself and your company from phishing attacks.

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About the author

Jason Helmick - Pluralsight course - Security Awareness: Phishing - How Hackers Get Your Secrets
Jason Helmick

Jason Helmick is an author for Pluralsight. His IT career spans more than 25 years or enterprise consulting on a variety of technologies, with a focus on strategic IT business planning. He’s a highly successful IT author, columnist, lecturer, and instructor, specializing in automation practices for the IT pro.

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