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What is Social Engineering

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What is Social Engineering - Free Course

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  •  Free course.
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  •  Instant access to PDF Certificate of Completion.
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Overview

Social engineering is a practice that exploits human psychology to obtain sensitive information. Unlike traditional cybercrime methods, which focus on breaking through technical defences, social engineering targets the most vulnerable aspect of any security system: human nature.

One method of social engineering prevention is to know what to look out for. Take this course to learn more.

Free Course Information

This is a free course that anybody can complete. The free courses available on our website were not designed or developed by Commodious, but each course has been carefully selected by our team of experts to make sure they include useful information. Whilst they carry no external accreditation and no CPD points are awarded for their completion, we hope you will find them useful for your personal development.

What is Social Engineering - Course Information

This free course provides an overview of how social engineers exploit human psychology to access sensitive information. Learn tips for spotting social engineering scams.

By becoming aware of these dangers, you’re less likely to fall victim to various forms of manipulation.

The course contains four modules and will take an average of 20 minutes to complete. There is no final assessment and learner comprehension is not graded.

On finishing the course, you will have instant access to a PDF Certificate of Completion as evidence that you have successfully attended and completed the training material. 

Accreditation and Certification

Certificate of Completion

Successful candidates will receive a Certificate of Completion.

The Certificate of Completion is proof of attendance to show that the training material has been completed.

There are no assessments associated with the range of free courses, and as such the Certificate of Completion carries no proof of ability or understanding.

What is Social Engineering - Free Course - System requirements

Our courses are compatible with the latest versions of all modern desktop web browsers, including Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Edge and Safari. On mobile devices, they are compatible with the latest version of Safari or Google Chrome running on iOS 12/Android 6.0 or later.

You can check your current web browser, and whether it is the latest version, by visiting whatismybrowser.com.

For the best experience, we recommend using Google Chrome version 90 or later. We do not recommend using Internet Explorer to access our courses as this can cause compatibility issues and lead to a poor experience.

Bulk Purchases

After a successful purchase you will be automatically taken to our registration process. Here you create your learner(s) and assign the course(s) to them so that they can start training immediately. If you do not know all the learner details - no problem, you can return later and create the learners when it suits you.

The system automatically creates an admin group of your learners, this means you can access your learner accounts to obtain certificates or schedule reports on the progress of your group, useful for Health & Safety audits or Registration to organisations such as CHAS, SMAS, SafeContractor, ConstructionLine etc or site access when certificates are required.

If this all sounds too complicated feel free to contact us, we are more than happy to enrol you or your colleagues on your behalf.

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