Cyber Security Awareness
Phishing is a very successful attack vector used by cyber criminals to cause harm to people and organizations. The average 10,000-employee company spends $3.7 million dollars a year dealing with phishing attacks. A phishing attack is successful when an email message persuades a person to take an action or reveal information which should not be disclosed. Whaling is a popular attack tactic used by cyber criminals to steal money and cause harm to an organization. Whaling attacks have cost the world over $3 billion dollars since 2013 according to the FBI. Students will learn how a whaling attack is conducted, see examples of whaling messages and learn how to identify them. Students will also learn what protections can be put in place to help defend against these attacks.
Terri Wagner is former founder of Mentor Source, Inc., a Colorado-based business leadership and project management coaching, mentoring, consulting, and training company. She is an experienced instructional designer, coauthor, and technical editor who produced several business leadership, project management, and business analysis textbooks and educational programs. Terri has also taught domestically and internationally to state agencies, governmental entities, corporate clients, and at the graduate level in the university system.
Senior Security Engineer
Todd is an engineer with over 20 years of experience working in the Information Technology field. I have held the positions of systems administrator, systems engineer, security engineer and most recently information security engineer. Given his security background Todd is familiar with the challenge of trying to maintain the security of an environment and the security of products being released to customers. Todd is an honorably discharged veteran of the Air Force. Completed CompTIA Security+ course.
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