Cyber Essentials: Principles of Cybersecurity
25 min! Run Time
Employees
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Supervisors
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What you'll learn
Skills covered in this course
Description
Cybercrime keeps rising, and attackers increasingly target individual employees rather than systems. Cyber Essentials builds the everyday habits that close those gaps.
What this course covers:
- Classifying and handling data according to its sensitivity
- Authentication security and stronger sign-in practices
- Working securely from home, in public and on mobile devices
- Physical security of workspaces and equipment
- Recognizing phishing attempts before you click
Suited to employees at any level. Includes audio narration and video, plus a pre-test in each module so you can test out of material you already know.
System Requirements
See System Requirements in the Coggno Knowledge Base
Author
Cyber Essentials: Principles of Cybersecurity
Frequently Asked Questions
Cyber Essentials builds the everyday habits that close the gaps attackers exploit, covering data classification and handling, stronger authentication practices, and safe habits for working from home, in public, and on mobile devices throughout the workday.
Beyond digital habits, the course covers the physical security of workspaces and equipment, treating unattended screens, unlocked devices and exposed documents as part of the same everyday risk picture as online threats employees encounter regularly.
It trains employees to recognize phishing attempts before they click, positioning that skill as one of several everyday habits alongside authentication security and data handling that together close common, avoidable security gaps in daily work.
The course includes audio narration and video, with a pre-test built into each module so learners can test out of material they already know rather than sitting through content covering ground they have already mastered.
It is suited to employees at any level, reflecting the course's premise that attackers increasingly target individual employees rather than systems, which makes habits like data classification, authentication security and phishing recognition relevant regardless of someone's technical role.
