Cybersecurity and ITCybersecurity for Everyone
Most successful attacks begin with somebody outside the technology function doing something entirely reasonable. This course is for them. Delegates learn to recognise phishing and its more convincing variants, including messages that arrive from a colleague's genuine compromised account, why password reuse converts one breach into many, and how multi factor authentication is defeated in practice. Practical material covers safe handling of documents and data, working securely on personal devices and public networks, and what to do in the first ten minutes after realising you clicked something. The tone is deliberately practical and blame free, because an organisation whose staff hide mistakes cannot respond to them.
Course objectives
- Recognise phishing, including messages from genuine compromised accounts
- Explain why password reuse turns one breach into many
- Use multi factor authentication and recognise attempts to defeat it
- Handle documents and data safely inside and outside the organisation
- Work securely on personal devices and public networks
- Act correctly in the first ten minutes after a suspected mistake
- Report an incident without fear of blame
Who should attend
- All staff, in any function
- Managers responsible for a team's security behaviour
- Finance and payments staff targeted by fraud
- Executives and their assistants
- New joiners as part of induction
Course outline
- 01How attacks actually begin
- 02Phishing and its convincing variants
- 03Passwords, reuse and password managers
- 04Multi factor authentication and how it is defeated
- 05Handling documents and data safely
- 06Personal devices and public networks
- 07Payment and invoice fraud
- 08The first ten minutes, and reporting without blame
Scheduled sessions
| Dates | Venue | Format | Price | Register |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 November to 1 December 2026 | Nairobi, Kenya | Classroom | USD 795 per delegate | Register Now |
| 14 to 15 December 2026 | Online | Online | R6,500 per delegate | Register Now |
| 19 to 20 January 2027 | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | Classroom | USD 795 per delegate | Register Now |