Born Secure: Training Grounds Collection

Born Secure: Training Grounds

Audience: General End User (All)
Difficulty Level: Foundational
Time: 4 episodes (5-8 minutes each), 24 minutes total video

Availability: Available on Training Platform as Series, recommended as Born Secure: Training Grounds Series

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Storyline: Jacob Webb, code-named xGhost, never considered a life as a cyber-operative until he was hand-picked for a government-funded training program. As xGhost and the other candidates enter Phase 3 of their training, their anticipation of real-world operations grows…but the veil of secrecy leads xGhost into doing someone else’s bidding...
Major Themes: This high-tension, action movie inspired storyline keeps end users on the edge of their seat and engaged in the training material at hand. This series trains on key cybersecurity concepts such as phishing, ransomware, and OSINT.

Major Learning Concepts:

• Episode 1
  • Open source intelligence
  • Business email compromise
  • Oversharing on social media
  • Account compromise
  • Phishing
• Episode 2
  • Physical security
  • Air gapping
  • Risks of USB devices
• Episode 3
  • Attack mapping
  • Malicious executables
  • Multifactor authentication
  • Ransomware
• Episode 4
  • Misinformation
  • Insider threats

• Crafting Convincing Phish Puzzle - Teaches Business Email Compromise techniques and craft your own phish
• 7 Violations Puzzle - Identify different physical security concepts
• Cyber Criminal Mapping* Puzzle - Learn about Cybersecurity threats happening in the real world to learn about the tactics used and better protect yourself from them
• The Biggest Target Puzzle - Teaches data classification techniques

* Puzzle also available as a Puzzle Module.