Cybersecurity Begins With Me

Date: To be advised  

Duration: 1 Day

Course Overview

The programme will equip participants with basic knowledge and skills on how to use information technology both in the workplace and at home in a secure manner. Participants will also learn about the secure management of personal and corporate data. There will be live quizzes, hands-on demonstrations, and virtual-lab sessions throughout the programme to enhance the overall learning experience.

This course is part of Professional Certificate in Emerging and Disruptive Technologies.

Learning Outcomes

At the end of the programme, participants will be able to:
• Understand the principle of information security such as confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
• Identify social engineering techniques including phishing and business email compromise, and how to avoid falling prey.
• Learn how to prevent unauthorised computer and device access.
• Protect files, folders, and drives safely and securely use strong passwords and encryption.
• Identify different types of malware including trojans, rootkits, ransomware, and backdoors and how to mitigate against them.
• Understand basic network security concepts such as wireless security types and how to use firewalls and hotspots securely.
• Understand security issues that can arise from using e-mail, social networks, Internet of Things and mobile devices.
• Learn how to backup, restore, and dispose data securely and safely.
• Understand the implications of legal and regulation such as Singapore Computer Misuse Act.

Who Should Attend

Any employees who has access into corporate/company network.

Prerequisites

Familiar with Internet access.

Course Convener

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What Our Participants Say

“The course is very good and useful.”
– Rathakrishnan s/o Rajamanickam

“The course was good and precise.”
– Rajagopalan Rajesh

“Short yet effective.”
– Nurhidayah Bte Khairuddin

“I have learned and really appreciate this course on cybersecurity and encourage my colleagues to attend it.”
– Levi Botuyan

“Very useful for beginners as it does not get too technical but you still takeaway a lot of useful information.”
– Soo Wen Ning

“Interesting course to learn about cybersecurity.”
– Sidney Ng

“Awareness of cybersecurity tremendously increased after attending this session.”
– Andy Low Khoon Tat

“The instructor was giving real life examples which makes the course more relatable and easy to understand.”
– Lee Hsiu Yeong Alvin

“I greatly benefit from “Cybersecurity Begins With Me” as I have a better understanding of the risk and how to take necessary measures to protect myself from falling victim to scams and threats. “
– Derek Pak

“An excellent programme that equipped me with the basic knowledge and skills on how to use information technology both in the workplace and at home in a secure manner. Highly recommend.”
– Charles Facey