Cyber Security for Leaders

Cybercrime is on the rise and is an increasing risk to any organisation. Managing an organisation or team requires a range of business and professional leadership skills, including knowledge of how cyber security works and your role in preventing a range of highly disruptive incidents and accidents. Learn the skills you need to keep your organisation safe against cyber security threats, identify risk areas, know your responsibilities to your team and organisation and comprehend how to establish a cybersafe culture.

Overview

Cybercrime is on the rise and is an increasing risk to any organisation. Managing an organisation or team requires a range of business and professional leadership skills, including knowledge of how cyber security works and your role in preventing a range of highly disruptive incidents and accidents.

Why take this course?

The content of this e-learning course includes:

• The risk to cyber security
• Your role and responsibilities
• Keeping your system secure
• Building your defences
• Protecting against risks at work and home
• Effective incident response
• Mobile working policies
• The role of social media
• Keeping devices secure
• Training outcomes

This short cyber security leadership course will help you to:

• Understand how you can personally help to keep cyber safe
• Understand how to ensure that your organisation keeps functioning and thriving
• Understand the implications of the Awareness of Cyber Security suite and how you can best be prepared for issues that may arise
• Deliver the best leadership to your team and those completing the Awareness of Cyber Security suite
• Consider what your organisation’s policies are and reach out to colleagues, demonstrating that you fully understand your responsibilities

Accreditation

This course is accredited by CPD and the certificate, awarded upon successful completion, can be used the log your hours against.

Course duration

Approximately 45 minutes to complete. As an e-learning course you can complete this training in convenient stages. The system will record your progress throughout.

Target audience

This course is aimed at anyone in management or leadership within an organisation.

Entry requirements

There are no entry requirements for this course.

Test and certificate

The end of course test consists of 15 multiple choice questions. Learners are required to achieve a 75% pass mark, and, if necessary, may attempt the test six times at no extra cost. If learners do not achieve the 75% pass mark, further attempts may be given by contacting our support team.

Learners will be able to download a digital certificate on completion.