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K2's 2024 Ripped From The Headlines - Lessons From Interesting Tech Crimes

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2.00 Credits

Member Price $79.00

Non-Member Price $129.00

Overview

Hacks, attacks, ransomware, malware – where does it end? Unfortunately, tech crimes continue to plague businesses of all sizes. Participate in this session to learn how you can reduce the risk of becoming yet another victim.



  • Course Instructor: Brian Tankersley
  • Highlights

    • 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

    Prerequisites

    Fundamental understanding of business-related technology

    Designed For

    Managers, owners, and accounting professionals who want to learn from computer crime incidents best practices that can be used to enhance their organization’s security posture

    Objectives

    • List at least three major security incidents reported in the headlines in the last year, and explain at least one internal control design or operation flaw that allowed the hack to occur
    • Select the correct definitions for 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

    Preparation

    None

    Notice

    This course is provided by a third-party vendor. Please note that login instructions will not be available in the ‘My Upcoming CPE’ section of the NESCPA website. Instead, the login instructions will be sent directly to you via email by ACPEN. Upon completing the course, your hours will be recorded in the ‘My CPE Tracker’ section of the NESCPA website.

    Non-Member Price $129.00

    Member Price $79.00