Social Engineering Cyber Attacks

This course provides a deep dive into what social engineering is, how it is executed, and why it is effective. It applies a people-centred lens on social engineering to help students understand how human behaviour and psychological patterns can be exploited by cyber attackers.

This course has a four-week teaching period requiring a total of approximately 40 hours of learning. All course learning materials are available on demand.

By the end of the course, you'll be able to:

• Critically analyse, reflect on and synthesise complex issues and specialised knowledge related to the role that people play in social engineering
• Interpret, articulate and communicate complex issues relating to human factors in cyber security to achieve targeted outcomes

• Social Engineering
• Structure of Social Engineering Attacks
• Phishing
• Spear Phishing

To be eligible for a digital badge for this course, you will need to successfully complete an assessment which includes:

• A social engineering attack plan
• The optional assessment is due at the beginning of week 7