Security Awareness

This class is geared to computer users (not IT staff). It brings you up to speed on computer security issues so you can better avoid the possibility of attack. Successful attacks against your computer can have significant consequences that impact your company's financial health and, possibly, your career.

Here's an example of the topics covered:

• Understanding your company's computer use policies
• Incident response
• Noticing changes
• Who should use your account?
• Installing your own software
• Choosing effective passphrases (passwords)
• Changing passphrases periodically
• Preventing shoulder surfing
• Leaving your computer unattended
• Dealing with E-mail from unknown sources
• Dealing with E-mail attachments
• Attaching files with dangerous content
• Using "portable" data file formats when exchanging data
• Examples of social engineering attacks
• Special issues with mobile computers (notebooks, PDAs, etc.)

Prerequisites

None.