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Cyber Training for Staff

Free e-learning training introduces why cyber security is important and how attacks happen. It will give you actionable advice about how to defend yourself.

The NCSC’s e-learning package ‘Top Tips For Staff’ can be completed online, or built into your own training platform. This training will cover four key topics of cyber security. You’ll explore each of these topics by helping someone to navigate a tricky situation.

The four topics you will cover are:

Defending yourself against phishing
Creating strong passwords
Securing your devices
Reporting incidents

Start the course here (no log in required)

Download the package and integrate in to your own training platform. Visit the NCSC website.

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