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Cyber Risk

Cyber risk has become an increasingly important part of the business landscape that relies on digital technologies to deliver products and services.

With new threats and trends in cyberattacks emerging constantly, all employees need to understand what's expected of them in terms of cyber risk management.

Our Cyber Risk course provides an overview of the changing cyber risk landscape, recent cyber trends and what regulators expect.

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  • 45 Minutes
  • All staff
  • Based on UK legislation, but suitable for global audiences upon the removal of UK-specific references and translation as necessary.

Learning objectives

  • Appreciate why cyber risk awareness is imperative for our Company
  • Recognise the sources of and emerging trends in cyber risk and the threats we may face
  • Identify key regulations, as well as our duties and obligations in relation to cyber risk management
  • Ensure adequate due diligence and oversight of managed service providers (MSPs) and third parties to mitigate cyber risk
  • Put good governance and testing practices in place to limit our exposure to cyber risk

    What can you expect your employees to learn?

Welcome

Learning objectives

How to complete this course

What is cyber risk?

  • In numbers: The scale of the issue

The importance of cyber risk for firms

  • You decide: The importance of cyber risk
  • Types of cyberattacks
  • Emerging threats
  • In the news
  • Cyberattacks by state-sponsored actors
  • Rise in remote & hybrid working
  • Supply chain & third-party attacks
  • Cloud software & service providers
  • Regulations: Cloud software & service providers
  • Scenario: The third-party cyber breach

Insiders & employee negligence

  • Complying with data protection regulations
  • The NCSC's principles & guidance on managing cyber risk
  • Objective A: Managing security risk
  • Objective B: Protecting against cyberattacks
  • Objective C: Detecting cybersecurity events
  • Objective D: Minimising the impact of cybersecurity incidents
  • The Cyber Assessment Framework in practice
  • Reporting incidents

Operational resilience

  • You decide: Operational resilience
  • Deeper dive: Key elements of an operational resilience framework

Summary

Affirmation

Assessment

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Your questions, answered

Common FAQs

Are Skillcast courses SCORM-compliant?

Yes. This means they can be delivered via the Skillcast Portal or any other SCORM-compliant Learning Management System.

What other tools are needed beyond training?

A comprehensive compliance solution often needs more than just training. Alongside e-learning, tools like declarations, surveys, and registers that track compliance tasks are usually essential. Skillcast provides full support to help you set up these additional tools.

Is our training content still compliant with the latest legislation?

  • You can check the latest course content updates in our library updates page: https://www.skillcast.com/compliance-course-library-updates
  • For major legislative changes, we:
    • Will send you email alerts to ensure you are notified
    • Offer you a free trial of newly created or updated content
    • Host webinars with compliance experts to explain the changes and how our training supports your ongoing compliance

Can you translate our content into other languages?

Yes, we offer translations in a wide range of languages. Let us know your needs, and we’ll confirm availability or work with you to plan translations for your selected modules.

How can I give employees a secure way to record suspicious activity so we can act quickly?

Our Suspicious Activity Register allows staff to log concerns or irregularities they observe, helping you detect potential issues early. The secure register can be reviewed by compliance teams, enabling prompt investigation and action.

What file types are supported by the Skillcast system?

Features

Supported file types and details

File Exchange

File types: PDF, Excel spreadsheets, Word documents, SCORM and xAPI files, and compressed zip files. Max file size: Default is 1GB, can be increased to a max of 2GB

SCORM files

Versions: SCORM 1.2, SCORM 1.2 for Moodle, SCORM 2004 2nd, 3rd and 4th Edition. Max file size: 1024MB

xAPI file

Max file size: 2GB

Videos

File types: MP4 or MOV. Videos must be optimised, with a max file size of 100MB. If the file is bigger, our Design Team can help

Images

File types: jpg, png and gif. The file size should ideally be 100KB, but it can be up to 250KB

CPD evidence

File types: Word, PDF, Excel and CSV. File size: the limit should be whatever the portal config option is set to. Servers are set to max 2GB

Policy documents

PDF or Word File size: the limit should be whatever the portal config option is set to. Servers are set to max 2GB

Offline activities evidence

File types: PDF, DOC, DOCX, XLS, XLSX, CSV, PNG, GIF, JPEG, JPG, PPTX and MSG. File size: the limit should be whatever the portal config option is set to. Servers are set to max 2GB

Client logo files

File types provided by client: EPS, PDF, AI and SVG

Registers

PDF, DOC, DOCX, XLS, XLSX, CSV, PPT, PPTX, POT, PPA, PPS, JPG, JPEG, PJEPG, PNG, BMP, GIF, MP4, MOV, WMV, CPTX, CP, TXT, ZIP and MSG files

Declarations

JPG, JPEG, PNG, GIF, XLS and XLSX files