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Training for Small Organisations and Charities

The training demonstrates how you can improve your organisation’s resilience, and covers five key areas. You’ll explore each of these topics by navigating several encounters a small business owner may have with cyber security over the course of a week, Monday to Friday.

Backing up your organisation’s data correctly
Protecting your organisation against malware
Keeping the devices used by your employees secure
The importance of creating strong passwords
Defending your organisation against phishing

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

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