Overview What You Will Learn Curriculum Instructor

Course Overview

In today's digital landscape, understanding cybersecurity threats is crucial for both individuals and organizations. The course "Common Cybersecurity Attacks and Defense Strategies" equips learners with foundational knowledge about prevalent cyberattacks and the practical steps needed to defend against them. With cybercriminals employing increasingly sophisticated tactics to exploit human vulnerabilities, this course emphasizes awareness and proactive defense as key components of a strong security posture.

This course begins with a deep dive into phishing, including its spear phishing and whaling variants, and explains why this attack vector is behind 91% of cyber breaches. It then explores smishing and vishing, attacks delivered via SMS and voice respectively, before covering physical and behavioral threats such as dumpster diving and tailgating. Learners are also introduced to baiting and impersonation, with real-world examples and insights into how attackers manipulate trust to gain unauthorized access. Each topic includes clear definitions, tactics used by attackers, and actionable steps to identify and prevent these threats.

Gain the ability to recognize threats, respond effectively, and reinforce cybersecurity awareness through real-world scenarios and practical defense strategies.

What You Will Learn

  • You will learn the most frequent methods your adversaries will use to attack your people and your network
  • See examples of effective cybersecurity attacks and their devastating outcomes
  • Learn effective techniques to detect and protect against common attacks

Program Curriculum

  • Phishing
  • Spear Phishing
  • Whaling
  • Smishing
  • Vishing
  • Dumpster Diving
  • Tailgating
  • Baiting
  • Impersonation
  • $7 Million Cybersecurity Scholarship by EC-Council

Instructor

Lisa Gilbert

Lisa is a CISSP-certified instructor for the United States Air Force for their defensive cyber weapon system. She teaches the operator positions of network management, vulnerability assessment and remediation, client endpoint protection, and storage and virtualization. She is also a medical device cybersecurity consultant for the Food and Drug administration and has been a volunteer in the Biohacking Village at Defcon. She developed a website with technical information for her students and with simple explanations and cybersecurity advice for non-technical people. She explains technical concepts in simple, understandable terms that make the information accessible and usable to all audiences.

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