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K2's Ripped From The Headlines: Lessons From Interesting Tech Crimes
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4.7 · 105 attendee ratings
Generative AI and “ransomware for hire” have helped cybercriminals thrive in the post-pandemic period – but how do they do it? This all-new session is a series of case studies that examine actual criminal filings and news accounts and use them to highlight some of the actions you can take to limit your exposure to similar schemes. Attend this session and learn more about how high-profile control failures occurred so you can be more effective at preventing crimes such as theft, malware, ransomware, phishing, and hacking.
Learning objectives
Upon completing this course, you should be able to:
- List at least three major security incidents reported in the headlines in the last year, and explain at least one major internal control design or operation flaw that allowed the hack to occur
- Select the correct definitions for common security terms such as attack surface, vulnerability, exploit, social engineering, phishing, malware, heuristics, biometrics, and multi-factor authentication (MFA)
- List at least three best practices learned by reviewing the control failures cited in the case studies
Major topics
Common security weaknesses that occur with hardware and software at home and in the office
Malware, ransomware, data breach, and incident response tips
Internal control failures which result in the theft of assets or unauthorized manipulation of data
Who this is for
Business professionals seeking to optimize their home network solution
Prerequisites: Basic understanding of common business technologies and related risks
What's included
Every registration comes with the course materials — yours to keep.
- Course handout PDF
Course details
- Recommended CPE credit
- 2 — Information Technology
- Field of study
- Information Technology
- Program level
- Basic
- Delivery method
- Group Internet Based
- Prerequisites
- Basic understanding of common business technologies and related risks
- Advance preparation
- None
- Length
- 1h 40m
- Course number
- 25c-rippedhl
- Provider
- K2 Enterprises
CPE Today (Devmatics, LLC) is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors (Sponsor ID 167619). State boards of accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be submitted to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors through its website, nasbaregistry.org. For information about our refund, complaint, and program cancellation policies, see Company Policies or contact [email protected].
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Your instructor
Brian Tankersley
Speaker & Author · K2 Enterprises · ★ 4.5 instructor rating
Brian Tankersley is a consultant who advises US firms and companies on accounting technology issues. Mr. Tankersley is a frequent speaker at continuing education courses for K2 Enterprises, and publishes a nationally recognized blog on accounting and technology (www.cpatechblog.com). He has also served as the technology editor for a major accounting industry publication. Mr. Tankersley has over 25 years of...
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