Protection Against Social Engineering
- 30 min.
- DE, EN
The Course
Recognising and Defending Against Manipulation
In this course, you will learn how social engineers operate, the risks involved, and how to protect yourself effectively against these deceptive attack methods.
Who is this course for?
All employees in your organisation.
Story
Join Bob, Mike, Fred, and Maurice through an eventful day of work and get to know the devious methods employed by social engineers. In this eLearning course, your decisions will influence the course of the narrative.
Learning Objectives
- What is the concept of "social engineering"?
- Typical approaches used by attackers in social engineering.
- Consequences that may result from a successful social engineering attack.
- Recommended protective measures to safeguard against social engineering.
Course Contents
- Definition of social engineering
- Approaches in social engineering
- Consequences of a social engineering attack
- Protection against social engineering

The key to a company's security lies in well-trained employees. Our eLearning courses provide practical knowledge on how to identify, avoid, and respond to threats and risks. This enhances employees' security awareness, which in turn significantly improves the protection of the company's assets.
Nagihan Emral
B.Sc. | Consultant Information Security
The advantages of our eLearning courses
- All courses are independent of each other – you can start with any course on any topic
- Content that sticks in your head – storytelling brings content closer to you
- Didactically prepared for maximum learning success
- Learn at your own pace – the system reminds you to keep going
- Also practical as a refresher at regular intervals
Exciting content
Learning should be fun and people learn better with the support of images, engaging stories and interactive elements. This is exactly what makes our eLearning courses stand out. The result: high and long-lasting retention of course material.
Smart learning platform
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Secure proof of training
Easily prove and document that you have met your training requirements with the automatically generated training certificates and status reports on our learning platform.
Rolling out the courses
LMS included in the course price
We have developed a smart Learning Management System (LMS) for our eLearning courses, which we have customised to the needs of our customers. As a coordinator, you can use it to easily manage eLearnings, employees and training certificates. And best of all, our LMS is included in the course price! If you still want to use a different LMS, we can provide you with the courses for easy import in SCORM format.
