Cybercrime affects more and more organisations every year, with criminals looking to steal your most valuable business assets from sensitive data to finances.
This 1-day Cyber Security Awareness course is designed to give you a much greater understanding of the essentials of cyber security and the steps you can take to protect yourself.
This course will look at different aspects of Cyber Security including understanding the risks; how to identify them; and how to protect themselves and their organisation.
This course takes you from Introduction to Intermediate Level.
During this 1 day course, you will use a combination of theory and practical exercises to learn the essential cyber security awareness skills you need to better protect yourself and your organisation.
Looking at different types of cyber attacks and how to identify them, the steps you can take to reduce the risks and what to do if an attack happens.
You’ll also learn about protecting yourself while browsing the internet, using emails, social media or public wifi spots.
After the course, you will also be provided with helpful course notes for your own reference as well as 3 months of online support.
Below is a summary of the topics covered on the 1-day Introduction to Cyber Security course
For a full course outline, see the Course Outline tab on the menu below - or click here to download the course brochure.
Whether you have a basic understanding of Cyber security, or you are a complete beginner, this course is designed for you.
Pre-course Requirements
You do not need any prior knowledge of Cyber Security to attend this course.
Our Cyber Security courses are practical courses with small class sizes, a maximum of 6 delegates, which allows for plenty of time to interact with the trainer and ask any questions!
These are held as in-person classroom courses, or as live, online courses (over Zoom/Teams). All courses, run from 9:30 am to 4:30 pm, with plenty of breaks.
Manchester & Online Public Courses
Our scheduled public Cyber Security Courses are run in Manchester & Online. Dates for these can be found below.
Private / Bespoke Intro to Cyber Security Training
We run private one-to-one and group Cyber Security Courses at our training centres, or at a location to suit you, anywhere in the UK. These can also be held Online.
See the Private Course tab further down the page for more information.
Protect your organisation’s reputation by reducing the impact of cyber threats!
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One-to-one and private group Cyber Security courses are available in classroom format from £590 + VAT (1 Day)
Online Private courses are available from £550 + VAT (1 Day)
These courses are ideal if you cannot make one of the set course dates or if you want a different course outline/focus.
The training can be held at your premises anywhere throughout the UK or held at our training centre in Manchester or Online.
To book please email info@mtraining.co.uk or call 0161 226 6032 to discuss your requirements.
To get a quote please complete the form below or call us.
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Neil Jones, Greater Manchester Police