Cybersecurity Fundamentals For End Users

Practical, nontechnical practices to secure your company or organization

What you'll learn

Identify major cybersecurity vulnerabilities in the company environment

Practice good account and password hygiene, keeping accounts secure

Understand physical security basics to avoid real-world equipment and data theft

Understand and apply best practices for email and internet usage

Requirements

No experience needed.

Description

Cybersecurity within an organization is everybody's problem. And, it's everybody's responsibility!  With cybercrime on the rise, every worker should be aware of the basic cybersecurity practices reviewed in this course.In this fast-paced video-based course, viewers will join Mark, an experienced IT expert, and online instructor, for a whirlwind tour of cybersecurity and learn exactly what they can do to enhance cybersecurity practices. Mark has trained over 2,000,000 people online in IT, development, and design. This course is ground in reality, with real-world examples of cyberattacks and their consequences and immediately actionable tips that end users can put into practice right away.This course is not designed for the cybersecurity worker, but for the nontechnical worker in an organization. Using stories, examples, and plain language, mark explains exactly what your workers can do to protect themselves, and your organization from cybersecurity vulnerabilities.  This course includes short, engaging video lectures, support videos, and articles, and a number of interactive quiz questions to help course viewers process and remember what they just learned.If your company or organization is concerned about cybercrime, then everyone in your organization should review this course. If you watch the course and apply the techniques described you and your company will be considerably safer right away!

Overview

Section 1: Welcome to the Course

Lecture 1 Welcome to the Course

Section 2: Securing Your Accounts and Passwords

Lecture 2 Securing Your Accounts and Passwords

Section 3: Physical Security for Your Computer Equipment

Lecture 3 Physical Security

Section 4: Email and Internet Security

Lecture 4 Email and Internet Security

Section 5: Protecting Your Personal Data

Lecture 5 Protecting Personal Data

Section 6: Updates and Keeping Current

Lecture 6 Updates and Keeping Current

Lecture 7 Congratulations!

Nontechnical workers who need to improve cybersecurity practices,Employees in companies that need to improve cybersecurity practices,Anyone who wants to reduce their risk of a cyberattack