Description
This e-learning 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.
What topics are covered in this Cybersecurity course?
- 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
Learning 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
Entry requirements
There are no entry requirements.
Course assessment and certification
On successful completion of the final assessment (80% pass mark required), a downloadable certificate is immediately available.





