Cybersecurity: Understanding social engineering and its impact on data security
Learning objectives

After completing this course, the learner should be able to:

  • Define social engineering and discuss why social engineering works.
  • Discuss the history of the con-artist and its role in social engineering.
  • Discuss the types of social engineering.
  • Discuss the life cycle of social engineering.
  • Review historical social engineering cases and discuss ways to have prevented them.
  • Review applicable social engineering laws.
  • Discuss tips to help avoid becoming a victim.
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Instructor bio

Kelly Richmond Pope is an associate professor at DePaul University in Chicago where she teaches financial, managerial and forensic accounting. In 2018, Pope became a TED speaker with her impactful and timely TED Talk entitled “How whistleblowers shape history.” Her research has been published in the Behavioral Research in Accounting, Auditing: A Journal of Theory & Practice, Journal of Business Ethics, The CPA Journal and WebCPA. She has a PhD in accounting from Virginia Tech University and is a licensed CPA.

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