What skills do you need to help identify, track down and arrest fraudsters? John Wilson of Agari breaks down how his team works, from the importance of understanding IT basics to examples of threat research to using psychological tricks to ensnare the bad actors.
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0:00 – Career options related to email fraud
0:42 – You need IT and networking basics
1:52 – Skills needed to be a threat researcher
3:19 – Need to fit into a cybersecurity team
4:01 – Using psychology against fraudsters
5:26 – Free cybersecurity training resources
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