Phishing countermeasures

Course description

This training equips participants with the skills to identify, prevent and mitigate phishing attacks. Designed for students, teachers, corporate employees and IT professionals, the course covers evolving phishing tactics and effective countermeasures. Participants will explore detection methods such as machine learning-based anomaly detection, email filtering techniques and user awareness programs. They will also learn preventive measures like domain spoofing prevention, multi-factor authentication and network segmentation to reduce attack risks.

Additionally, the training provides strategies for mitigating successful phishing attacks, including system isolation, malware eradication and post-attack analysis.

Learning outcomes

Upon completing this training, participants will be able to:

• Mitigate and prevent phishing attacks
• Assess associated risks
• Reduce the impact of a successful phishing attack using various response strategies

Further instructions

The training is free of charge and offered as self-paced e-learning available on demand from April 2025 to October 2025 with a duration of approximately 1 hour.