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Cybersecurity Awareness

Learn to identify, prevent and respond to modern cyber threats through real-world cases and practical strategies for everyday work.

Published feeRM999
Duration1 day
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Cybersecurity Awareness course by ITPA
Published feeRM999
Duration1 day
DeliveryIntensive training
FundingHRD Corp claimable

Course objectives

What this course is designed to achieve

This comprehensive cybersecurity awareness course is designed for employees regardless of technical background or position. It connects current threat examples with practical habits that protect personal and organisational information.

Participants learn how scams and attacks reach people through email, phone calls, messaging applications, mobile devices, public networks and compromised websites.

Course fit and results

Who should attend and what they will learn

Suitable participants

Who should attend

  • Employees from operators to executives
  • Administrative and office staff
  • Remote workers
  • Small-business owners and entrepreneurs
  • New hires
  • People handling sensitive information
  • Computer and mobile-device users
  • IT professionals refreshing threat knowledge

Learning outcomes

After completing the course

  • Identify phishing emails and malicious attachments
  • Recognise social-engineering attempts through phone, email and messaging
  • Secure mobile devices against common threats
  • Apply stronger password and authentication practices
  • Respond appropriately to a security incident
  • Understand Malaysian cybercrime implications
  • Protect personal and organisational data
  • Develop a security-first mindset

Detailed syllabus

Course outline

The learning areas below are carried over from ITPA’s existing course information and organised for easier review.

Section 1

Cybersecurity scams and social engineering

  • VoIP and caller-ID spoofing
  • Mobile-phone scams and vishing
  • Work-from-home scams
  • WhatsApp account takeover
  • Banking and SMS phishing
  • Spoofed calls and messages
  • Social-engineering tactics
  • Safer messaging applications
  • Website verification and identity-theft prevention

Section 2

Email threats and phishing attacks

  • Phishing and spear phishing
  • Email spoofing and spam
  • Malware and ransomware delivery
  • Business email compromise
  • Fake legal and government notices
  • Sender verification
  • Suspicious attachments
  • SPF, DKIM and DMARC
  • Reporting phishing attempts

Section 3

Mobile and device security

  • SIM-swapping attacks
  • Malicious applications and APK files
  • Mobile adware and clickbait
  • Public Wi-Fi risks
  • BYOD security challenges
  • Mobile-device security
  • Safe use of public networks

Section 4

Additional threats

  • Ransomware
  • Remote-access Trojans
  • Keyloggers and spyware
  • Man-in-the-middle attacks
  • Zero-day exploits
  • Macau scams and money mules
  • Facebook impersonation
  • Bots and automated scams
  • Fake websites and applications
  • Investment and job scams

Additional information

Real-world cases discussed

  • Qilin ransomware and encrypted flight systems
  • SIM-swapping attacks on prominent accounts
  • Compromised APIs used for phishing
  • Session hijacking of official accounts

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