Cybersecurity Awareness Training

Learn cybersecurity awareness, phishing prevention, cyber hygiene, malware protection, secure remote work, cloud safety, insider threat awareness, and security culture.

  • 4.5 (11 reviews)
  • 21 students
  • Last Update: February 24, 2026

What you'll learn

  • Recognise common cyber threats, phishing attempts, social engineering tactics, and malware risks
  • Apply cyber hygiene practices such as strong passwords, multi-factor authentication, device security, and safe communication
  • Work more securely across remote, hybrid, cloud, mobile, and collaboration environments
  • Handle workplace data responsibly and report suspicious activity or potential incidents appropriately
  • Support a stronger cybersecurity culture through safer behaviour, policy awareness, and continuous learning
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Course Description


Cybersecurity risks often begin with everyday actions, such as clicking a suspicious link, reusing passwords, sharing files insecurely, using unprotected devices, or ignoring warning signs. The Cybersecurity Awareness Training course helps learners understand common cyber threats and develop safer habits when using email, devices, networks, cloud tools, collaboration platforms, and workplace systems.

This practical online course explores cyber hygiene, phishing, social engineering, malware, endpoint protection, remote work security, data handling, insider threats, security culture, emerging technologies, artificial intelligence risks, threat awareness, and real-world response scenarios. It is designed for employees, managers, remote workers, office teams, customer-facing staff, and organisations that want to strengthen everyday cybersecurity awareness and reduce human-related cyber risk.

What You'll Learn

  • Recognise common cyber threats, phishing attempts, social engineering tactics, and malware risks
  • Apply cyber hygiene practices such as strong passwords, multi-factor authentication, device security, and safe communication
  • Work more securely across remote, hybrid, cloud, mobile, and collaboration environments
  • Handle workplace data responsibly and report suspicious activity or potential incidents appropriately
  • Support a stronger cybersecurity culture through safer behaviour, policy awareness, and continuous learning

Why Take this Course

Cybersecurity is not only the responsibility of IT teams. Every employee plays a role in protecting systems, accounts, devices, information, and customers from cyber threats. A single weak password, phishing email, unsafe download, exposed device, or unreported incident can create serious security and data protection risks.

This course helps learners understand how cyber threats work and how safer everyday behaviour can reduce risk. It focuses on practical situations such as recognising phishing, using strong passwords and multi-factor authentication, securing devices, handling data carefully, working safely from home, protecting cloud accounts, reporting suspicious activity, and supporting a stronger security culture. By completing this course, learners can build confidence in recognising threats and making safer decisions online and at work.

This course helps you:

✓ Understand common cyber threats, attack vectors, and risky behaviours
✓ Recognise phishing, social engineering, malware, and suspicious activity
✓ Apply safer password, device, remote work, cloud, and communication practices
✓ Handle workplace data more securely and support incident reporting
✓ Build a stronger security-aware culture across teams and organisations

Who this Course is for

  • Employees
  • Remote & Hybrid Workers
  • Managers & Team Leaders
  • Customer-Facing Staff
  • Organisations

Prerequisites

  • No prior data protection experience required
  • A basic understanding of your organisation
  • Access to a computer and internet
  • Enthusiasm to learn and apply best practice

Course Features

  • Lifetime access Learn anytime and revisit every lesson.
  • Mobile friendly Study smoothly on phone, tablet or desktop.
  • Certificate of completion Showcase your achievement after completion.
  • Downloadable resources Keep practical materials for future reference.
  • Practical Scenarios Apply knowledge through realistic workplace scenarios.
  • Dedicated Support Get help whenever you need guidance.

Course Curriculum

7 sections

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28 lectures

    • Overview of Cyber Threats and Attack Vectors

    • Human Factors and Risky Behaviours

    • Cyber Hygiene: Passwords, MFA, and Device Security

    • Regulatory Frameworks: GDPR and Data Protection Act 2018

    • Recognising Phishing, Spear Phishing, and BEC

    • Social Engineering Tactics

    • Safe Communication: Email, Chat, and Social Media

    • Reporting Suspicious Activity

    • Types of Malware: Viruses, Worms, Trojans, and Ransomware

    • Endpoint & Mobile Device Security

    • Safe Web and Network Practices

    • Backup, Recovery, and Incident Response

    • Secure Practices for Home and Hybrid Work

    • Cloud Security and Access Controls

    • Collaboration Tools: Risks and Best Practices

    • Data Classification and Handling

    • Identifying Insider Threats

    • Building a Security-Aware Workforce

    • Policy Adherence and Governance

    • Measuring Security Culture Effectiveness

    • IoT, Robotics, and Industry 4.0 Risks

    • AI in Cybersecurity: Defence and Threats

    • Threat Intelligence and Monitoring

    • Secure Software and Application Awareness

    • Personal & Organisational Cybersecurity Responsibility

    • Leadership in Awareness Programmes

    • Emerging Threats and Security Trends

    • Capstone: Applying Awareness in Real Scenarios

Assessment & Certificate

Validate Your Cybersecurity Awareness

Complete assessments to reinforce your understanding of phishing, malware, cyber hygiene, remote working risks and secure workplace behaviour. Upon successful completion of this CPD-accredited course, you will receive a CPD certificate.

Sample Data Protection Global certificate of achievement

Career Opportunities

This course can add value to existing workplace knowledge, support continuing professional development (CPD), and strengthen cybersecurity awareness for employees, supervisors and professionals across different sectors.

Roles linked to this subject area in the UK may include:

  • IT Support Assistant
  • Security Awareness Coordinator
  • Compliance Assistant
  • Office Manager
  • Operations Coordinator
  • HR and Learning Coordinator
  • Team Leader



This awareness course can support existing workplace responsibilities but does not qualify learners for a specialist cybersecurity role by itself.

Student Reviews

4.5

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Finished this alongside a busy week and the bite-sized structure really helped. Clear coverage of cybersecurity and data security from start to finish.

Response from DPG Support Team
Thank you for your review, Thomas. It’s great to hear that the course made cybersecurity and data security clear and manageable. We hope the learning continues to support you in practice.

Best Regards,
DPG Support Team

Concise but covered a lot. I liked being able to pause, make notes and return without losing my place. An additional interactive scenario would be a useful addition.

Response from DPG Support Team
Thank you, William. We’re glad you found the course useful and appreciate your constructive suggestion regarding additional interactive scenario. We’ll keep this in mind as the course content is reviewed.

Best Regards,
DPG Support Team

Frequently Asked Questions

This course is suitable for employees, managers, remote workers, hybrid teams, office staff, customer service teams, administrators, new starters, and anyone who uses digital tools or handles workplace information.

No. This course is designed for general workplace learners. It explains cybersecurity risks in clear, practical language and focuses on everyday actions that help reduce cyber risk.

Yes. The course covers phishing, spear phishing, business email compromise, social engineering tactics, safe communication practices, and how to report suspicious activity.

Yes. The course includes secure practices for home and hybrid work, cloud access, collaboration tools, device security, data handling, and safe remote working behaviour.

No. This course provides general cybersecurity awareness training and a certificate of completion. It is not a specialist technical cybersecurity qualification, but it can support safer workplace practices and provide a foundation for further learning.

Course Includes

  • Flexible Online Learning
  • 6 Practical Modules
  • Certificate on Completion
  • Learn Anytime, Anywhere