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First Line: Cyber security awareness training for staff
Six lessons on the security habits that protect a workplace: spotting phishing, verifying payment and account requests, reporting fast and handling work information, built on ASD, NCSC, CISA and NIST guidance.
About this course
Cyber security awareness training for staff.
Starter · About 0.75 hours of learning · 6 lessons · 12 quick checks · 1 download
Who it's for
Staff in organizations of any size who use email, payments and work systems, and managers responsible for a team’s security habits, in Australia, the UK, the US and elsewhere.
How it works
6 guided lessons in your browser, with worked examples, exercises and a quick check after each lesson. Progress is saved in this browser only, and you can restart at any time. You start with just your first name and email, and you can take one whole course that way. After that, a free account lets you continue past lesson 1.
Sources we rely on
9 published sources, mostly regulators and official bodies, listed below so you can check the original guidance yourself.
By the end you can
- Explain your part in workplace cyber security and the areas staff training covers
- Recognize workplace phishing techniques and the warning signs to pause on
- Verify payment, bank-detail and account-change requests through an independent channel
- Report suspicious messages and possible incidents quickly, including after a click
- Keep work information in authorized systems and build regular team security habits
Downloads
- Staff cyber awareness pack .docxA reporting card, sample phishing messages to practice on, a payment-change verification script, a workspace checklist and a team routine.
Rules by country
Learning time
About 0.75 hours of learning. May count towards your CPD or professional development; check your professional body's rules. Estimated from reading time, exercises, quick checks and downloads.
Sources
Check the originals.
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General information and training only. Courses may count towards your CPD or professional development; check your professional body's rules.
- Top Tips for Staff: help your staff keep your organisation safe online · National Cyber Security Centre (UK)
- Phishing attacks: defending your organisation · National Cyber Security Centre (UK)
- Teach employees to avoid phishing · Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (US)
- Guidelines for personnel security (Information Security Manual) · Australian Signals Directorate
- Learn about phishing scams · Australian Signals Directorate
- Recover from business email compromise · Australian Signals Directorate
- Help during a cybercrime · Australian Signals Directorate
- Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) · FBI (US)
- SP 800-50 Rev. 1: Building a Cybersecurity and Privacy Learning Program · NIST Computer Security Resource Center (US)
Publisher
Who publishes this course.
Published by trainyourself.org, a trading name of Combine TRS Pty Ltd (ABN 42 112 983 678), Brisbane, Australia.
How it's made: researched from published official, regulator, professional-body and vendor guidance, then run through automated quality checks against our course depth standard and automated source checks that match each rule to its official source, listed above. Read how these courses are made.
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