Phishing, Social Engineering and Account Security Essentials
Learn to spot the messages designed to trick you, and keep your accounts out of the wrong hands.
Start Course Now →Most attacks on workers start with a convincing message rather than clever code. This beginner-friendly course shows you how phishing and social engineering work, how to recognise suspicious activity, and how to lock down your accounts with strong passwords and multi-factor authentication. It is for any worker who uses email, messaging or online accounts and wants to become a harder target.
Walk out able to actually help.
You can spot the tell-tale signs of phishing, social engineering and business impersonation across the messages you receive.
You know exactly what to do and who to tell when you suspect a phishing attempt.
You protect your accounts with sound password habits and multi-factor authentication.
You understand how attackers take over accounts and the steps that keep you and your organisation safe.
Built around the moment it matters.
Introduction to Phishing and Social Engineering
Covers what phishing and social engineering actually are, and how attackers use them to manipulate people.
Recognizing and Reporting Suspicious Activity
Helps you identify suspicious messages and business impersonation, and walks through what to do if you suspect a phishing attempt.
Account Security Fundamentals
Builds the essentials of password safety and shows how multi-factor authentication adds a second layer of protection.
Defending Against Account Takeover
Explains how attackers compromise accounts and the practical steps to protect yourself and your organisation.
Where this learning adds value.
Build practical capability you can apply immediately, and evidence of structured professional development.
Every programme sits on a pathway, so you can progress from foundation into the specialist streams your role or sector demands.
Contractors and suppliers are routinely asked to evidence trained personnel — structured training supports that case where the course is relevant.
Digital credentials can be independently verified online by employers and credential reviewers. Recognition requirements may vary by employer, jurisdiction, profession and certification type.
A certificate that carries weight.
Apexis Certificate of Completion
Issued by Apexis Risk Innovation Group on successful completion of the programme requirements. Where digital verification is enabled, employers can verify the credential record online.
Apexis Risk Innovation Group is an authorised TEEX Cooperative Learning Center. Selected Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service (TEEX) programmes delivered through Apexis are clearly identified by course name and code.
Who you learn it from matters.
Selected TEEX programmes are available through Apexis Risk Innovation Group, an authorised Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service (TEEX) Cooperative Learning Center, and are clearly identified by course name and code.
Programmes are designed by people who have done the job, around real workplace needs rather than textbook abstractions.
Content is contextualised to the operating environments our clients actually work in — energy, industrial, public safety and emergency response.
Every programme identifies who issues the credential, what it represents and how it can be verified.
Ready when you are.
- Self-paced online modules
- Four guided modules with eight lessons
- Practical guidance on spotting and reporting attacks
- Password and multi-factor authentication essentials
- Certificate of completion