Cyber Security: Top Tips
5 min! Run Time
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Description
The more we work online, the more we need to stay safe. Cyber criminals are always finding new ways to steal private information, money, and even devices.
What this course covers:
- How to create a strong password
- Using passwords to limit access to your devices
- Spotting and avoiding phishing scams
- Keeping software up to date
- Using devices safely in public places
This microlearning course uses animated video and audio narration, with a multiple-choice assessment to check your knowledge.
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Cyber Security: Top Tips
Frequently Asked Questions
The course bundles password creation, device access limits, phishing awareness, software updates, and safe device use in public places into one set of top tips. It treats these as essential basics for staying safe as more of our work moves online.
Beyond creating a strong password, it covers using passwords to limit access to your devices themselves, treating device-level access control as a distinct tip from account security. This dual use of passwords is one of the course's practical focuses.
Yes, it covers using devices safely in public places, recognizing that cyber criminals look for opportunities beyond just email and passwords, including physical devices, money, and other valuables, as ways to steal private information from you.
It's built as microlearning with animated video and audio narration, paired with a multiple-choice assessment to check what you've learned. This short, quiz-backed format suits its "top tips" style rather than an in-depth technical module.
It's meant for anyone who works online and wants a fast overview of key safety habits, since cyber criminals are always finding new ways to steal private information, money, and devices. No prior security background is assumed.
In this course, we’ve picked our top five tips for working safely online.
Firstly, we look at how to create a strong password. Then we look at how to use these passwords to limit access to your devices.
Then we look at phishing scams and how to avoid them. Next, we look at how to keep software up-to-date. Finally, we teach you how to use your devices safely in public places.
This microlearning course is an animated video, with audio narration and a multiple-choice post-assessment.