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Business Email Compromise

Develop awareness of business email compromise and learn how to recognise and prevent fraudulent payment and impersonation attacks.

1 course 4 CPD hours 365 days access Verifiable certificate
Course Price
£19.99
Curriculum

Course Details

CPD212-CS-020

Business Email Compromise

240 minutes 4 CPD hours Introductory English 80% pass mark
Course Description
This professional online CPD course introduces learners to business email compromise (BEC). It covers executive impersonation, supplier fraud, payment diversion, compromised accounts, spoofed email addresses, urgent requests, verification procedures and incident reporting. Learners will understand how BEC attacks exploit trust and business processes to cause financial and information loss.
Learning Outcomes
  • Explain the principles of business email compromise.
  • Recognise common BEC scenarios and impersonation techniques.
  • Identify warning signs in payment and account-change requests.
  • Verify sensitive instructions using independent communication channels.
  • Follow organisational approval and payment-control procedures.
  • Report suspected business email compromise incidents promptly.
  • Successfully complete the end-of-course knowledge assessment.
Study online Access course materials through your secure learner account and continue from your recorded progress.
Complete the assessment Your final score and completion result are retained within your learning record.
Record your achievement Successful completion is added to your CPD transcript with access to a verifiable certificate.