Cybersecurity for Financial Professionals

Course Overview:

This course provides you with some of the essential knowledge and skills to protect sensitive financial data from cyber threats.  It covers the fundamentals of cybersecurity, detailing prevalent threats and their impact on individuals and organizations.  Throughout this course, you will learn best practices and tools for safeguarding data, including strong password policies, multi-factor authentication, encryption, secure communication, firewalls, and VPNs.


Learning Objectives:

 Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:

• Identify common cyber threats
• Recognize key cybersecurity terminology and concepts
• Identify best practices for safeguarding financial data
• Recognize the importance of encryption, secure communication, and software updates
• Identify the importance of firewalls
• Recall the significance of data backup and recovery planning
• Identify key cybersecurity tools and technologies