CPE Credits: 4

Learning Objective 1: Cite specific legal requirements for securing confidential information in your state

Learning Objective 2: Recognize security risks due to hacking, malware, fraud, and lost, stolen or missing equipment, and determine methods used to minimize these risks

Learning Objective 3: Distinguish between strong and weak passwords, list the seven characteristics necessary to create secure passwords, and identify the tools available to store passwords

Learning Objective 4: Identify use tools available to protect electronic data by encrypting hard drives, removable disks, backups, laptops, handheld devises, thumb drives and emails

Learning Objective 5: Describe key security components of networks such as controlling access to servers, controlling use of the Internet by outsiders, wireless connections and firewalls

Field of Study 1: Business Management & Organization -2

Field of Study 2: Computer Science - 1

Field of Study 3: Specialized Knowledge & Applications -1

Program Level (Basic, Update, Intermediate, Advanced, Overview): Intermediate

Prerequisites: None

Advanced Preparation: None

Instructional Delivery Method: Group Internet Based

Course Registration Requirements: Online Registration

Course Developer: K2

Refund/Cancellation Policy: Please contact the ACPEN help desk - 1-800-747-1719 or help@acpen.com if you wish to cancel your attendance for a previously purchased webcast and are requesting a refund or transfer.

Complaint Resolution Policy: Please contact Anne Taylor for any complaints. anne.taylor@acpen.com, (972-377-8199).

Official Registry Statement: Business Professionals' Network, Inc. is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards of accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be addressed to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors, 150 Fourth Avenue North, Suite 700, Nashville, TN, 37219-2417. Web site: www.nasba.org

 

Information security is not optional! This course not only discusses where the risks and vulnerabilities are, but also covers tools for securing emails, encrypting hard disks and flash drives, protecting data on mobile phones and other portable devices, securing documents, protecting desktops and servers, and more. Attend this course and you will understand how to protect confidential data and reduce your legal risks.