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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.

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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

  • Why People Are the Primary Attack Surface
    Knowledge
    3m
  • Phishing and Its Variants: The Red Flags
    Knowledge
    3m
  • Awareness Check: Spotting the Approach
    Assessment
    7m
2

Knowledge

  • Accounts: Passphrases and Multi-Factor Authentication
    Knowledge
    3m
  • Device Hygiene and Handling Sensitive Information
    Knowledge
    3m
  • Knowledge Check: Accounts, Devices and Information
    Assessment
    8m
3

Skill

  • Reporting Incidents, and Working Safely Away From the Office
    Knowledge
    3m
  • Personal Security Review and Phishing Walkthrough
    Assignment
    3m
  • Skill Check: Responding and Staying Safe
    Assessment
    8m
4

Mastery

  • Leading Security Culture, and Caution Around Control Systems
    Knowledge
    3m
  • Lead a Security Briefing and Review Your Area
    Assignment
    3m
  • Mastery Check: Security Judgement and OT Caution
    Assessment
    8m

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