Cyber Security Awareness
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This Cyber Security Awareness course explores the risks associated with Cybercrime, cyber threats, what happens when there has been a breach of security and how to protect your network from attack from cyber criminals using anti malware defences. This course will help you understand how hackers can access your system and how to keep your information and personal data safe from online fraud to help improve your internet security. You’ll find out what additional impact Artificial Intelligence (AI) is having on cyber security, and how to protect yourself from being a victim of social engineering.
This course was reviewed and updated in March 2025
Course Level: Intermediate
5 Modules (Duration: 1 CPD Hour)
Accreditation: CPD Certified
Certificate: Self printed
Description
The Cyber Security Awareness course is a beginner’s guide to protect you or your employees from the risk that cyber criminals pose. This eLearning course will help learners understand how hackers and bots can access your system and how to keep your information and personal data safe from online fraud.
Every day, we interact on the internet without thinking about cybercrime. But cybercrime is on the rise: not a week goes by without an attack or crime being reported in the news. Whether personal data is leaked, customer accounts are compromised, key processes are blocked, or money is stolen, the impact on any business can be devastating.
No matter what size your business is, it’s important to be aware of cyber security, how it can affect everyday operations and how cybercrime can be prevented.
With cyber crime incidents are becoming increasingly common. It is possible for personal data to be leaked, customer accounts can be compromised, and there can be major financial complications that can directly affect your organisation.
This eLearning course will help learners understand how hackers and bots can access your system and how to keep your information and personal data safe from online fraud. By ensuring you and your staff complete cyber security training, you will be able to help protect your business and data effectively against cyber criminals.
Learn the skills you need to keep your organisation safe against cyber security threats. Protect against everyday risks, possible harm, understand what happens when cyber security goes wrong and how to manage the risks.
What's covered in this Cyber Security Awareness course?
Our online training course covers a wide range of topics to give learners in-depth knowledge on cyber security awareness, help learners understand how hackers and bots can access your system and how to keep your information and personal data safe from online fraud.
Why take this course?
Upon completion of this cyber security course learners will be able to reduce every day risks and understand the possible harm that can be caused using real life examples. You will gain a working understanding of the stats and information around cyber security, including the different types of malicious software.
Target Audience
This cyber security training course is aimed at employees who use devices to store data or connect to the internet in their day-to-day role. This course will help employees protect their organisations from cyber crimes.
The course is suitable for anyone who works with a computer at some point in their working role.
Assessment and certificate
The end of course assessment consists of 14 multiple choice questions. Learners are required to achieve a 80% pass mark, and can attempt the test as many times as is required.
If learners do not achieve the pass mark, further attempts may be given by contacting our support team.
Learners will be able to download a CPD certified Cyber Security Awareness training digital certificate on completion.
Course duration
This course will take approximately one hour to complete. As an e-learning course you can complete this training in convenient stages. The learning management system will automatically record your progress throughout so the training can be completed at your convenience.
Entry requirements
There are no entry requirements for this course.
What you'll learn
- Explain the basics of cyber security and why it's important in today's digital age
- Distinguish between different types of cyber threats, describe their operation, and apply methods to protect against them
- Demonstrate safe browsing practices to guard against online threats, including securing social media accounts
- Evaluate cyber threats, particularly emerging threat such as AI, and apply defensive strategies to counteract these evolving risks in line with policy
- Articulate the importance of data protection and outline the essentials of GDPR compliance
Suitable for
- Office workers
- Data handlers
- Site managers
- Business owners
- Anyone who uses a device to connect to the internet in their day-to-day role
Course Structure
The course starts by explaining what cyber security is, the importance of it in the workplace and the consequences of not implementing cyber security measures. It also looks at a few famous cyber attacks and what happened to the companies involved. The opening part of the course ends with a series of audio clips to help you get inside the mind of a hacker to understand why they do it and where the threats can come from.
Certification
Upon completion of any of our courses, learners will be able to download a digital certificate from Virtual College which will include the accrediting bodies logo where applicable, the learner's name, the title of the course and the date of completion.
If you have purchased the posted certificate option, available on selected courses, a high quality, seal embossed, certificate will be sent out the following working week after completion.
Self-Printed Certificate Option
Upon completion of the course, a digital certificate will be available to download instantly.
Recommended renewal: 3 years
Whilst none of our certificates have an expiry date it is strongly recommended that the training is completed every three years. This is based on industry best practice to ensure awareness and knowledge of the latest guidance and legislation.
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