Cyber security awareness

Goals

The Internet can be a risky place to be because it presents various threats. This training course will help you to distinguish between the dangers of using the Internet and how to deal with them effectively in your everyday life (professional and private).

Prerequisite

None

Contents

Contextualisation: Possible risks in professional and private life

The threats:

• Cybercrime: activities such as hacking, phishing, identity theft and online fraud;

• Online harassment and bullying;

• Dissemination of false information;

• Exposure to inappropriate content.  

Social networks and privacy issues: ​​​​​​​

• The large amount of personal information shared on the internet can be targeted for theft and abuse by malicious actors, governments and companies.

Recommendations

• Risk mitigation: backup, passwords, double authentication for applications, email and web;

• Program updates;

• Limit personal information shared online;

• Be aware of the content consumed online.