This course is split into two parts which are IT and Internet

will learn the following:

Information security and data protection:

1. The importance and value of information
2. Reasons to protect personal and business information
3. Measures that prevent unauthorized access to data
4. Basic features of information security and data protection
5. Principles of data protection law

Data and File Security:

1. Social engineering: its concept, implications and methods
2. Personal identity theft: types of theft and methods of theft
3. File security
4. The effect of enabling or not enabling macro security settings
5. Set a password for files
6. Pros and limitations of encryption
7. Malicious or harmful software
8. The concept of malware and the ways in which it hides
9. Types of malware and how they work
10. Types of data theft and extortion malware and how they work
11. How anti-virus programs work and their uses
12. Quarantine and its effect on infected or suspicious files
13. The importance of downloading and installing software updates, anti-virus definition files, network security, the concept of the network and its types, and the role and function of the firewall.

Netwrok and its security:

1. The purpose of network account and password policy, common biometric/security techniques used in access control, and how to use the web securely
2. Web browsing and specific online activities that should only be performed on secure web pages, how to determine which websites are safe, and when a website is not secure
3. Address forgery/hacking, the concept of a digital certificate and one-time password
4. Autocomplete, autosave, cookies, content control software, social networks, the importance of not revealing confidential information on social networking sites, the need to apply appropriate privacy settings, and potential dangers when using social networks
5. Communications: Email, beware of receiving fraudulent messages or spam, phishing and phishing, risk of computer infection with malware.
6. Instant messaging: concept and use

Test:

The first test is an examination of the first three lectures of the IT course
It is 15 minutes long and contains 15 multiple choice questions
The second test is an examination of the four lectures of the Internet subject
It is 20 minutes long and contains 20 multiple choice questions

To pass the test, an equivalent of 70% of the final grade must be obtained