A Practical Guide to Cybersecurity

This course explains the importance for real estate licensees to be proactive against online threats to their business and their clients. This course will describe cybersecurity, cyber threats, and responses to those threats.

The course is broken into three sections:

• Chapter 1 - Reasons for Cybersecurity: This chapter explain the purpose and importance of being aware of internet-based risks.
• Chapter 2 - Cyber Threats: This chapter covers the three main categories of online threats: malware, social engineering, and connectivity threats. Each category is further divided and identifies common types of attacks.
• Chapter 3 - Cyber Responses: This last chapter breaks down the chain of a cyberattack and how licensees can protect themselves from each link of the attack chain.

Course Materials

This is an online mastery-based course. It contains segments that include reading materials, single-question assessments, discussions, polls, and end-of-chapter quizzes. Students are expected to progress through all activities to make course progress.

A 15-question final exam at the end of the course will test your comprehension of the course topics. The final exam requires a 75% or greater passing score and may be attempted multiple times until the minimum passing score is achieved.  The final examination is not downloadable or printable.

Assistance

For sign language or CART services for the deaf and hard of hearing, please contact OnlineEd school director Chris Culbertson (schooldirector@onlineed.com), or call 503-670-9278.