Course Overview

This course has been developed to provide an understanding of the steps that can be taken to help improve the confidentiality, integrity and availability of an organisation’s information.

Learning Outcomes

This course provides an understanding of:

• What information and cyber-security is and why it's important
• The different types of threats to the security of information and the risk they pose
• How to keep information safe, and
• The important role that every worker plays in maintaining the confidentiality, integrity and availability of information at their organisation.

The course provides a safe space to practice recognising spam emails, deciding whether to post a comment on social media, and creating strong passwords using engaging and interactive activities.

This course has been reviewed by a recognised subject matter expert in this space, EWR Consulting: with over 12 years’ experience advising international organisations on data protection, governance, AI and technology risk, Erica Werneman Root specialises in developing practical compliance frameworks that support innovation while reducing risk.

Target Audience

This course is ideal for any employee who uses digital systems, accesses organisational information, or works in connected environments. As cyber threats continue to evolve, building workforce awareness is essential to reducing organisational risk and strengthening day-to-day security behaviours.

Suitable for all staff from office and administration teams through to remote workers, operational employees, customer service teams, and leaders; the course provides practical guidance to help learners recognise threats and apply secure practices in their work.

It is especially valuable for organisations with remote or hybrid workforces, cloud-based systems, customer data responsibilities, or growing digital maturity requirements.

This course includes topics which aim to ensure that employees are aware of the relationship between AI and keeping information safe and secure, the latest advice on how you can be targeted, and how to keep information safe.

The course illustrates the latest cyber-security risks such as how to ensure that information remains safe and secure in this new landscape of AI changing the way we work, create, think, process, and synthesise information. It covers different types of scams and even how AI can imitate your boss!