Here i want to share about my writeup for the room Security Awareness, an introduction to security awareness; why its important, the impact of being attacked, different threat actors and basic account security. I wrote this in 2025 and hope it is useful for learning about cybersecurity.
Task 1: Introduction to Security Awareness
Read why security awareness is so important for everyone.
No Answer Needed
Task 2: Why Security Awareness is essential
Security awareness training is a must-have skill to counter efforts by attackers and reduce risks within the business. A few of the benefits are below:
- Help prevent data breaches
- Minimize and reduce risks and threats
- Improve IT defenses
- Improves customer confidence
No Answer Needed
Task 3: Data and account security
How many people were affected by eBay being hacked?
145 million
What data was leaked from Playstation being hacked?
names, addresses, e-mail, birth dates
Task 4: Check if you've ever been part of a cyber breach
Go to haveibeenpwned.com and see if your information has ever been part of a breach. If you have, don't panic - ensure you change the breached accounts password. The next room in this module will talk about how you can use a password manager to create unique passwords for all your accounts.
No Answer Needed
Task 5: Cyber threat actors
The motivation of threat actors may vary and can be categorized into different groups:
- Nation-state cyber threat actors are geopolitically motivated.
- Cybercriminals are financially motivated.
- Hacktivists are ideologically motivated.
- Terrorist groups are motivated by ideological violence.
- Thrill-seekers are motivated by satisfaction.
- Insider threat actors are motivated by discontent.
Who would most likely be interested in exploiting a business?
Cybercriminals
Who would most likely be interested in exploiting a personal computer for fun?
Thrill-seekers.
Who would most likely be interested in exploiting a website to deliver a message?
Hacktivists
Task 6: Conclusion
This room introduced you to the basics of security awareness concepts and knowledge that can help you stay safe online.
Complete this task and join the common attacks room.
Top comments (0)