SecurityBeginnerAbout 7 hrs

Cybersecurity essentials for small teams

A defender's introduction for people who look after a small organisation's accounts and devices. You learn how the common attacks work, how to harden email, phones and laptops, and how to write a short incident plan the whole team can follow.

6 modules · 21 lessons · taught with Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, Bitwarden

About 7 hours: 5 hours 45 minutes of lessons, including their exercises, plus 45 minutes for the assessment.

What you will be able to do

  • Recognise and stop phishing and account takeover
  • Set up MFA, password managers and device encryption for a team
  • Back up properly and recover from ransomware
  • Write a one-page incident response plan

On completion

Codality verified certificate: Cybersecurity Essentials, issued to your profile and shareable with one link.

Modules

  1. 01

    How small organisations get hit

    4 lessons · 60 min

    Free
  2. 02

    Accounts and identity

    5 lessons · 85 min

    Plus
  3. 03

    Devices and data

    4 lessons · 75 min

    Plus
  4. 04

    Backups and ransomware

    4 lessons · 70 min

    Plus
  5. 05

    The incident plan

    3 lessons · 55 min

    Plus
  6. 06

    Assessment

    1 lesson · 45 min

    Plus

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