CompTIA A+ Core 2: Social Engineering Attacks

Among the newer forms of security for most workers in the 21st century involves social engineering -protecting workers and work against subtle but dangerous attacks by con men and scammers.

Take a deep dive into security fundamentals and the many ways in which devious people steal information. This can include masquerading as delivery men entering unauthorized areas without badges shoulder surfing at airports or coffee shops spoofing dumpster-diving and insidiously clever spear phishing attacks.

Explore how legitimate-looking e-mails can lure workers to malicious websites or worse into opening encrypted attachments with company credentials or passwords. Lastly discover common security vulnerabilities including non-compliant unpatched and unprotected systems end of life (EOL) operating systems and bring your own devices (BYOD).

This course will prepare you for the CompTIA A+ Core 2 (220-1102) certification exam.