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Cybersecurity

Overview

This online course gives participants a general insight into cybersecurity in the workplace. The course teaches participants about cybersecurity best practice, including how to identify internal and external threats to cybersecurity, understanding the consequences of a cyberattack and how to protect the organisation’s digital information.

Objectives

By the end of the course, trainees will be able to:

  • Define cybersecurity
  • Understand the consequences of a cyberattack
  • Recognise internal and external threats to an organisation’s cybersecurity
  • Identify the different types of cybersecurity risks
  • Help prevent information and cybersecurity threats

Topics

  • Cybersecurity
  • What is cybersecurity
  • Challenges to cybersecurity
  • Cybersecurity is everyone’s responsibility
  • Threats to cybersecurity
  • Internal threats
  • External threats
  • Protecting assets
  • Risks to cybersecurity
  • Consequences of cyberattacks
  • Malware
  • Phishing
  • Reducing cyberattacks
  • Counteracting malware
  • Social media safety