Cyber Security: Using Your Mobile Device Safe and Securely
5 min! Run Time
Employees
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Supervisors
of Completion
What you'll learn
Skills covered in this course
Description
Smartphones and tablets keep us productive on the move, but their convenience makes them a growing target for cybercriminals.
What this course covers:
- Using screen locks and app-level security to protect your device
- Avoiding threats from viruses and hackers
- Connecting safely to the internet in public places
- Deciding what data is safe to store on a mobile device
- Protecting information if your device is lost or stolen
A practical course for anyone using mobile devices for work who wants to keep confidential data secure.
System Requirements
See System Requirements in the Coggno Knowledge Base
Author
Cyber Security: Using Your Mobile Device Safe and Securely
Frequently Asked Questions
The course explains that while smartphones and tablets keep us productive on the move, that same convenience makes them a growing target for cybercriminals. This framing sets up its focus on device-level and connection-level protections throughout.
It covers using screen locks and app-level security to protect your device, giving learners layered protections rather than relying on a single safeguard. These measures are presented as a first line of defense against unauthorized access.
Yes, it covers connecting safely to the internet in public places, alongside avoiding threats from viruses and hackers more broadly. This addresses the connectivity risks specific to mobile use away from a secured office network.
The course covers deciding what data is safe to store on a mobile device, treating data minimization as a practical safeguard alongside screen locks and safe connections. This helps limit exposure if the device is ever compromised.
It covers protecting information if your device is lost or stolen, giving learners a plan for that specific scenario rather than assuming loss can be entirely prevented. The course suits anyone using mobile devices for work who wants data kept secure.
As mobile devices have become smarter and more sophisticated, they have become more of a target for cybercriminals. If you don’t take precautions when using your device, you're putting confidential information and data at risk.
In this course, we show you the simple steps you can take to keep your mobile device secure.
Firstly, you’ll learn how to use locks to secure your device, from using the most secure form of home-screen log-in, to keeping individual apps safe.
Then we’ll look at how to avoid the threats posed by viruses and hackers and show you how to safely connect to the internet when in public places. You’ll then learn what information it is safe to store on your mobile device and alternative ways to keep your data secure.
Finally, we look at what to do to protect private information if your device is stolen or lost.
The course is an animated video with audio narration and a multiple-choice post assessment.