Security Awareness Course · India Edition
Train Your Team for India's Cyber Risks
Security awareness training that prepares your workforce to stop localized phishing, detect deepfakes, and apply safe-AI skills — aligned with the India DPDP Act and ISO 27001.
- ~45 minutes
- SCORM / xAPI compatible
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Comply with India's Digital Regulations
Equip your workforce to navigate India's unique cyber threat landscape and comply with national data protection mandates.
DPDP Act 2023 & IT Act
Ensures legal compliance with the DPDP Act.
Covers mandatory data protection principles and privacy laws for securely handling personal and organizational data in India.
IRDAI & Sectoral Guidelines
Meets industry-specific audit requirements.
Aligns with strict regulatory expectations for financial services, insurance, and digital payment infrastructure.
Localized Threat Defense
Reduces risk of targeted financial fraud.
Trains employees to detect modern, region-specific attacks like UPI frauds, SIM swapping, and Business Email Compromise (BEC).
Course completion generates audit-ready evidence including timestamps, assessment scores, and certificates.
What will your workforce and vendors learn?
The outcomes learners walk away with
Cyber Threat Awareness
Recognize common threats like BEC, SIM swapping, and UPI frauds affecting Indian businesses.
Safe-AI Practices
Safe handling of company and personal data in AI systems, recognising when AI output can't be trusted and avoiding shadow-AI exposure.
Phishing & AI-Driven Scams
Identify and avoid AI-powered phishing emails and social engineering tactics.
Ransomware Prevention
Understand how to avoid ransomware attacks and respond effectively when threatened.
Data Protection
Manage sensitive data in compliance with India’s DPDP Act, IT Act, and IRDAI guidelines.
Deepfakes
Detect and stop deepfake voices and videos, impersonation of executives, and sophisticated social-engineering scams.
Course modules
Actionable, audit-defensible curriculum
01Section 1. The Current Cyber Threat Landscape in India
The digital landscape in India is evolving rapidly, bringing both opportunities and risks. This section provides an overview of the current cyber threat landscape in India, focusing on the emerging trends, attack methods, and their impact on Indian businesses.
02Section 2. Modern Cyber Attacks: Threats and Prevention
In this section, participants will learn effective prevention strategies and how to recognize attack patterns, understand their impact, and implement best practices to defend against them.
03Section 3. Cyber Security Best Practices for Every Professional (10 Core Practices)
This section covers 10 core cyber security practices, tailored for employees dealing with sensitive business data and interacting with company systems. Each practice is backed by real-world examples and actionable guidance to help employees implement secure behaviors in their daily work.
04Section 4. Data Protection and Privacy
This section covers data protection principles, Indian privacy laws, and best practices for securely handling personal and organizational data, ensuring compliance with regulations like the DPDP Act, 2023, IT Act, and IRDAI guidelines.
05Section 5. Summary and Results
In the final section, we recap the essential cybersecurity concepts covered throughout the course. Participants will review their progress, assess their understanding of key topics, and view the cumulative results of the quizzes and assessments they undertook throughout the course.
Who's it for?
For India-based Organizations.
Your workforce
Remote or Hybrid Employees, Finance Teams, HR & People Operations, Legal & Compliance Teams, Executives & Managers, IT & Admin Support
Your vendors and suppliers
Contractors, suppliers, third parties and partners who access your systems or data.
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- An advisor reviews your requirements and responds within one business day, preferably to schedule a call.
- Pricing is scoped to the number of users and your delivery model.
Certification
Completion earns an audit-ready certificate
Every learner who completes the course receives a certificate — verifiable proof for auditors and regulators.
Company-branded certificates are issued on the Enterprise and Managed Vendor Training plans.
Earn the Credential
Employees who complete the course and score 80% or higher on the assessments receive the Certified Cyber Security Practitioner certificate.
Digital & Shareable
Certificates are delivered digitally and can be proudly shared on internal platforms or LinkedIn.
Company-Branded Certificate
Each certificate features your organization’s name, reinforcing your internal security culture.
How to run this course in your organisation
Deliver it through custom learning paths for your employees and vendors — with an optional dedicated LMS for full data sovereignty.
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Frequently asked questions
Common queries on deployment and customization
What are the top cyber threats currently facing Indian businesses?
India is currently one of the most targeted regions for cyber warfare and financial crime. Key threats in the 2026 landscape include:
- AI-Enhanced Phishing: Hyper-personalized social engineering attacks using Deepfakes and AI-generated scripts to target finance and HR departments.
- Double-Extortion Ransomware: Where attackers not only lock systems but also threaten to leak sensitive data, triggering immediate DPDP Act penalties.
- Supply Chain Attacks: Exploiting vulnerabilities in third-party vendors to gain access to the primary organization’s data.
- Credential Harvesting: Targeted attacks on employee login portals to bypass traditional perimeter security.
Does your training cover the India DPDP Act and other local regulatory laws?
Yes. Our curriculum is specifically localized for the Indian regulatory environment. It covers the core pillars of the DPDP Act and the DPDP Rules. The training provides employees with practical steps to ensure proper cyber security practices are followed and that incident reporting happens within the legally mandated windows.
What is the India Digital Personal Data Protection Act (DPDP Act)?
The DPDP Act is India's first comprehensive framework governing the processing of digital personal data. It balances the right of individuals to protect their personal data with the need to process such data for lawful purposes. Unlike previous patchwork regulations, the DPDP Act sets a high bar for consent-based processing, data minimization, and accountability for any entity—known as a Data Fiduciary—that determines the purpose of data collection.
Which organizations and individuals does the India DPDP Act impact?
The Act has a broad reach, applying to all private and public sector entities that process digital personal data within India. It also has extraterritorial jurisdiction, meaning it applies to foreign companies offering goods or services to individuals in India.
Internally, it impacts every level of your organization. Whether it is HR handling employee records, Marketing managing customer leads, or IT overseeing data architecture, every staff member who interacts with "Data Principals" (individuals) must comply with the law’s strict mandates on transparency and security.
What are the penalties for breaching the DPDP Act, and what are some examples?
The Data Protection Board of India (DPBI) enforces significant financial penalties that are designed to be deterrent rather than just symbolic. Penalties are levied per violation and can reach:
- ₹250 Crore for failure to take reasonable security safeguards to prevent data breaches.
- ₹200 Crore for failure to notify the Board and affected individuals of a breach.
- ₹150 Crore for non-compliance with additional obligations of Significant Data Fiduciaries (SDFs).
Common breach scenarios include failing to secure cloud databases leading to data leaks, processing children’s data without verifiable parental consent, or failing to implement a robust grievance redressal mechanism for users.
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