Social Engineering Awareness

Recognising and resisting social engineering tactics used by attackers

Course Overview

This course provides learners with an understanding of social engineering attacks and the psychological techniques attackers use to manipulate people into bypassing security controls. Learners will explore common social engineering methods, the psychological principles exploited by attackers, red flags and defensive responses. The course supports a human-centred approach to information security.

Learning Outcomes

• Understand what social engineering is and how it works
• Identify common social engineering attack types
• Recognise psychological techniques used by attackers
• Apply defensive responses to social engineering attempts
• Understand the risks of over-sharing personal and organisational information
• Follow secure visitor and access management procedures
• Support a security-conscious workplace culture

Course Structure (3 topics, 9 lessons)