Jazrawy said that even with advances in software and firewalls designed to protect you from cybercriminals infiltrating your database, hackers continue to find new ways to try and obtain the information they desire. “As you may have already experienced, these cybercriminals also use malware, or ‘social engineering,’ to persuade you into opening or sharing important information that may lead to a data breach,” she said. “The emails or phone calls you may receive can seem very legitimate, so it’s important to know how to identify suspicious activity so you don’t share information with the wrong people. Our new course, Cybersecurity: Protecting Your Data, will help you learn how to prevent that from happening.”
Cybersecurity: Protecting Your Data is made up of four half-hour modules that use text, images, interactive exercises, and real-life examples to cover what employees need to know about how to identify a potential cyberattack and how to reduce the chances of it occurring. The course includes quizzes and a final test, which carriers can use to maintain records of this training.
After completing the course, participants will be able to:
- Describe a cyberattack
- Explain the importance of cybersecurity
- Identify “data” and where it can be found
- List the three classifications of data
- Explain how a digital footprint can be used by cybercriminals
- Identify common tactics used by cybercriminals to access data
- Identify best practices for cybersecurity
- List the steps to take if cybersecurity is at risk
As with other courses in the CarriersEdge library of more than 80 titles, Cybersecurity: Protecting Your Data can be taken any time and any place drivers have access to a computer or mobile device and an internet connection, giving them the flexibility to keep up-to-date with training while traveling or at home. Cybersecurity: Protecting Your Data is designed to be a resource for all fleets. The course is also Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (CTPAT) certified and meets the cybersecurity component of the CTPAT program.
CarriersEdge courses are available in multiple languages, in introductory, refresher, and remedial formats, on subjects including defensive driving, hours-of-service rules, vehicle inspections, and handling hazardous materials. CarriersEdge regularly updates and adds to its list of training modules; recent additions include courses on practical cargo securement and violence, spotted lanternfly and weights and dimensions.
