Cybersecurity for Employees Working from Home

CPE Credit: 2 hours

Program Description:

With the 2020 pandemic many organizations had employees working from home for the first time. Many companies continue to allow employees to work from home, and many employees prefer to work from home when possible. This creates additional cyber security risks for the employees and their organizations. This course is designed for employees who are working from home, who would like to obtain an understanding of data and cybersecurity. You have probably heard of some of the more common types of cyber crimes such as ransomware, spyware, computer viruses, phishing, vishing, spoofing, data breaches, denial of service attacks, hacking, etc. This course is designed to familiarize accounting, auditing, consulting, and tax professionals who are not information technology (IT) experts on data breach and cybersecurity risks and internal controls. We will cover the material in a plain language, nontechnical manner. We will cover what you need to know, but not how to write the computer programs or code.

Learning Objectives:

Identify how criminals commit acts of cyber fraud

Identify cybersecurity internal controls that will protect your company from cyber criminals