Security Awareness Course · UK Edition
Train Your Workforce for UK's Cyber Risks
Equip your workforce to stop sophisticated phishing, detect deepfakes, and apply safe-AI skills — with a working grasp of UK cyber security laws, aligned to UK GDPR and Cyber Essentials.
- ~45 minutes
- SCORM / xAPI compatible
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What will your workforce and vendors learn?
The outcomes learners walk away with
Cyber Threat Awareness
Recognize common threats affecting UK businesses
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 UK's cyber security guidelines
Deepfakes
Detect and stop deepfake voices and videos, impersonation of executives, and sophisticated social-engineering scams.
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.
Course modules
Actionable, audit-defensible curriculum
01Section 1. Building Cyber Resilience Across Teams
Employees will learn what cyber resilience is, why it’s crucial to their role, and how it differs from traditional cyber security. Explore how organizations prepare for, respond to and recover from cyber incidents.
02Section 2. The Current Cyber Threat Landscape
This section provides an overview of the current cyber threat landscape, focusing on the emerging trends, attack methods, and their impact on UK businesses. This section emphasizes the need for vigilance in responding to evolving threats.
03Section 3. Modern Cyber Attacks: Threats and Prevention
In this section, participants will explore common modern cyber threats. They will learn effective prevention strategies and how to recognize attack patterns, understand their impact, and implement best practices to defend against them.
04Section 4. Cyber Security Best 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.
05Section 5. Key Cyber Security Laws and Regulations in UK
This section covers best practices for securely handling personal and organizational data, ensuring compliance with key UK regulations like GDPR, DPA 2018 etc.
Who's it for?
For UK-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 Cyber Security Awareness Essentials for Employees.
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 is the UK Data Protection Act 2018?
The Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA 2018) is the UK's primary data protection legislation. It supplements and tailors the UK GDPR for the UK context, providing additional provisions on law enforcement processing, intelligence services processing, and specific exemptions. Together with the UK GDPR, it forms the UK's complete data protection framework.
How does the DPA 2018 relate to UK GDPR?
The UK GDPR provides the core data protection principles and rights. The DPA 2018 supplements it by filling in areas where the GDPR allows member states to make specific provisions, such as the age of consent for children's data (set at 13 in the UK), exemptions for journalism and research, and rules for law enforcement and intelligence services processing.
Who enforces the Data Protection Act 2018?
The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) enforces both the DPA 2018 and UK GDPR. The ICO has powers to investigate complaints, conduct audits, issue enforcement notices, impose fines, and prosecute criminal offences under the Act.
What are the penalties under the DPA 2018?
The maximum fine is 17.5 million pounds or 4% of annual global turnover, whichever is higher — the same as under UK GDPR. The DPA 2018 also creates criminal offences, including knowingly or recklessly obtaining personal data without consent, and re-identification of de-identified data.
Does the DPA 2018 apply after Brexit?
Yes. After Brexit, the UK retained its data protection framework by incorporating the EU GDPR into UK law as the UK GDPR, supplemented by the DPA 2018. The framework is substantively similar to the EU regime, and the EU has granted the UK an adequacy decision, allowing data to flow freely between the EU and UK.
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