Security Awareness Training for Accountants

Cybercriminals increasingly target accounting firms because they have access to financial records, tax documents, payroll information, and the authority to move money. This free one-hour course helps accountants recognize today’s most common attacks, including AI-assisted phishing, business email compromise, QR code phishing, and voice cloning.

EXP Academy’s Security Awareness Training Course meets the requirements established by the Washington State Board of Accountancy for one hour of continuing professional education (CPE).

With this FREE course, you can earn an hour of CPE credit while you become better at spotting threats and thwarting attacks.

Course Content Includes: 

• Phishing/Spear Phishing
• QR Code Phishing
• Voice Cloning
• Password Hygiene
• Secure Remote Access
• Physical Access Controls
• Interacting with Artificial Intelligence
• Disney 2024 breach case study
• MFA Fatigue (Uber 2022 case study)
• Real World Examples (Business Email Compromise, Sophisticated Phishing Attacks, and more)
• Quizes to Reinforce Learning

 

Qualifying Criteria

Specifically, the course meets the following requirements:

Qualifying subject category: Technical Subjects –general computer skills, computer software training, information technology planning and management. As listed in WAC 4-30-132(5).

Attendee sign in required: Students are required to sign in with a name and email address.

Date of Program: Originally released April 2022.  Continuously updated to address emerging cyber threats including AI-assisted phishing, quishing, voice cloning, and modern social engineering techniques.

Number of CPE Hours: 1 hour (defined by Board rule as a 50-minute period).

Certificate of Completion: A certificate of completion with unique completion number is available when students complete the course.

 

Getting CPE Credit

To obtain credit, students will need to log into the CPE Tracker tool located in their online services account through Secure Access Washington (SAW). Students may be required to enter the certificate number (from your certificate of completion) and the course creation date. This course was filmed between 12/1/2021 and 3/31/2022. EXP Academy Security Awareness Training was released on 4/26/2022.