CPDStore Ireland

The most recent report from the EU's Cyber security agency, ENISA, showed that Ransomware and Social Engineering are two of the top three cyber threats to EU based organisations. Cyber criminals leverage these to make a considerable amount of money from their victims. This can be through theft of valuable client data in the case of ransomware or taking control of email accounts and initiating payment fraud through social engineering. Accountants regularly store and manage valuable client data, which is highly prized by the organised criminal gangs. The threats posed by these gangs are constantly evolving, so it is important to keep up-to-date on the current tactics and techniques that are being utilised by them. Better awareness by staff, will reduce the risk of there being any downtime or reputation damage to the practice should they fall victim to something like a phishing email.

In this session Liam will cover the following topics: 

• Understanding social engineering
• Email account takeover protection
• How conversations (email or texts) get hijacked
• Payment fraud prevention
• Resisting ransomware

By attending this session, you will appreciate the evolving nature of cybercrime and what new tactics and techniques are employed by the organised criminal gangs. You will also receive some simple steps that you can implement to improve your practice's protection from the criminals.

This session will be most beneficial to owners and senior management in a firm.

Course Level: This session is non-technical and delivered in plain, simple language.