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Phishing and Social Engineering Prevention

Last Update July 20, 2026
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  • Level: Beginner
  • Duration: 2.5 Hours
  • Lectures: 5 Lessons
  • Access: 1 Year
  • Language: English
Phishing and Social Engineering Prevention
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Course overview

Phishing and social engineering attacks target people, systems, and business processes through deception, urgency, impersonation, and manipulation. Weak verification habits, poor reporting, insecure authentication, or limited awareness can expose organizations to data breaches, fraud, financial loss, privacy concerns, and operational disruption.

The Phishing and Social Engineering Prevention course covers phishing fundamentals, social engineering tactics, cybercriminal methods, Canadian threat awareness, email phishing, business email compromise, multi-channel attacks, AI-driven threats, human factors, secure behaviour, technical controls, compliance, incident response, and cyber resilience.

Learners will strengthen their ability to recognize suspicious activity, verify requests, report incidents, and support safer digital workplace practices. Certification is provided upon successful completion of the course.

Key topics included

  • Understanding phishing, social engineering, and cybercriminal methods

  • Recognizing email phishing, business email compromise, and multi-channel attacks

  • Identifying AI-driven attacks and modern manipulation techniques

  • Applying verification techniques and secure workplace behaviours

  • Supporting authentication, email security, awareness, and governance controls

  • Understanding Canadian compliance, incident response, and cyber resilience

Entry requirements

  • There are no formal academic prerequisites for this course. Learners should have basic English reading and comprehension skills to understand cybersecurity terms, workplace examples, compliance guidance, and assessment materials. A cautious attitude, attention to detail, digital awareness, and willingness to follow verification, reporting, authentication, and organizational security procedures are recommended.

Who is this course for

This course is suitable for employees, supervisors, managers, business owners, HR teams, finance staff, administrators, IT support personnel, customer service teams, and workplace learners. It is relevant to anyone who uses email, handles information, approves payments, communicates with customers, manages accounts, or supports cybersecurity awareness across Canadian organizations.

Certification

Certificate

Curriculum

20 Topics Covered 2.5 Hours
  • Understanding the Threat Landscape
  • Module 1 Quiz
  • Identifying Modern Attack Techniques
  • Module 2 Quiz
  • Human Factors and Secure Behaviour
  • Module 3 Quiz
  • Technical and Organizational Defence
  • Module 4 Quiz
  • Canadian Compliance and Cyber Resilience
  • Module 5 Quiz
  • Phishing and Social Engineering Prevention Final Exam

Frequently Asked Questions

This course is open to employees, supervisors, managers, business owners, administrators, finance staff, HR teams, IT support personnel, customer service employees, and workplace learners. It is suitable for anyone seeking to reduce phishing and social engineering risks.
You will learn about phishing, social engineering tactics, cybercriminal methods, Canadian threat awareness, email attacks, business email compromise, multi-channel phishing, AI-driven attacks, human factors, verification techniques, incident reporting, security controls, compliance, and cyber resilience.
Phishing and social engineering can lead to data breaches, payment fraud, credential theft, privacy incidents, and operational disruption. This training helps learners recognize suspicious requests, verify information, report incidents, and reduce human-factor cybersecurity risks.
Yes. The course helps learners improve threat recognition, secure behaviour, verification habits, incident reporting, authentication awareness, email security understanding, and compliance awareness. These skills can support stronger cyber resilience and safer workplace communication.
Yes. Certification is provided upon successful completion of the course and any required assessments. The certificate demonstrates your understanding of the key principles and practical applications covered in the training.