Spam Act Awareness

Course Overview

Spam is generally considered to be bulk, unsolicited, commercial electronic messaging. Spam not only wastes people’s time, but also poses as a threat to information security and uses resources, such as network bandwidth and storage.

This course has been designed to show employees how they can protect themselves and their organisation from spam, and ensure that communication with clients adheres to organisational communication guidelines as well as the requirements of the Spam Act 2003.

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this module, you will be able to:

• Identify spam
• Describe legal obligations in terms of spam compliance
• Define the steps you can take to report spam
• Discuss how to manage spam
• Understand the negative consequences associated with spam