Cybersecurity Awareness
Everyday security awareness for industrial, energy and office professionals: spotting phishing and social engineering, protecting accounts and devices, handling sensitive information, and reporting incidents fast and without blame.
55m
Total time
4
Competency levels
12
Lessons
What you'll learn
- Explain why people, not technology, are the primary attack surface in most organisations
- Recognise phishing, spear phishing, smishing, vishing and business email compromise from concrete red flags
- Apply strong account practice: passphrases, a password manager, multi-factor authentication and resisting MFA fatigue
- Protect devices and sensitive information through updates, screen locking, removable-media discipline and correct classification
- Report a suspected incident immediately and correctly, using a no-blame reporting route
- Apply extra caution when working remotely, travelling, or anywhere near operational technology and control systems
Curriculum
Progress through each competency level in order.
1
Awareness
- 3mWhy People Are the Primary Attack SurfaceKnowledge
- 3mPhishing and Its Variants: The Red FlagsKnowledge
- 7mAwareness Check: Spotting the ApproachAssessment
2
Knowledge
- 3mAccounts: Passphrases and Multi-Factor AuthenticationKnowledge
- 3mDevice Hygiene and Handling Sensitive InformationKnowledge
- 8mKnowledge Check: Accounts, Devices and InformationAssessment
3
Skill
- 3mReporting Incidents, and Working Safely Away From the OfficeKnowledge
- 3mPersonal Security Review and Phishing WalkthroughAssignment
- 8mSkill Check: Responding and Staying SafeAssessment
4
Mastery
- 3mLeading Security Culture, and Caution Around Control SystemsKnowledge
- 3mLead a Security Briefing and Review Your AreaAssignment
- 8mMastery Check: Security Judgement and OT CautionAssessment
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