Surveillance & tracking Course
1 hour, 18 minutes
Course description
This course gets into the ways in which users are tracked, and how they can protect themselves. We’ll look at why companies, organizations and governments track and surveil users as well as the underlying internet technologies that make tracking users possible. We’ll cover web tracking, email tracking, location tracking, audio and video surveillance and sensor-based surveillance. We’ll also tackle some of the ethical questions connected to these technologies.
Syllabus
Sensor-based surveillance
Video - 00:10:00
Computers are everywhere!
Audio and video surveillance
Video - 00:11:00
Overview of audio and video surveillance methods.
Location tracking
Video - 00:09:00
Locations, technologies and protections.
Control & blocking of tracking on the web
Video - 00:12:00
How users can protect themselves from tracking.
Tracking users on the web
Video - 00:15:00
Cookies? Yum! Wait, what?
Overview of internet monitoring
Video - 00:20:00
Why organizations might want to track users, and a look at the technologies that make this possible.
Unlock 7 days of free training
- 1,400+ hands-on courses and labs
- Certification practice exams
- Skill assessments
Associated NICE Work Roles
All Infosec training maps directly to the NICE Workforce Framework for Cybersecurity to guide you from beginner to expert across 52 Work Roles.
- Law Enforcement / Counterintelligence Forensics Analyst
- Cyber Defense Forensics Analyst
- System Administrator
Plans & pricing
Infosec Skills Personal
$299 / year
- 190+ role-guided learning paths (e.g., Ethical Hacking, Threat Hunting)
- 100s of hands-on labs in cloud-hosted cyber ranges
- Custom certification practice exams (e.g., CISSP, Security+)
- Skill assessments
- Infosec peer community support
Infosec Skills Teams
$799 per license / year
- Team administration and reporting
- Dedicated client success manager
-
Single sign-on (SSO)
Easily authenticate and manage your learners by connecting to any identity provider that supports the SAML 2.0 standard.
-
Integrations via API
Retrieve training performance and engagement metrics and integrate learner data into your existing LMS or HRS.
- 190+ role-guided learning paths and assessments (e.g., Incident Response)
- 100s of hands-on labs in cloud-hosted cyber ranges
- Create and assign custom learning paths
- Custom certification practice exams (e.g., CISSP, CISA)
- Optional upgrade: Guarantee team certification with live boot camps
Learn about scholarships and financing with
Award-winning training you can trust
