Digital Skills Education

Phishing and Data Breaches

Has your personal data been accessed by cyber criminals? And what can you do about it?  You’ll also learn about social engineering, the way cyber criminals try to trick you and steal your information.

• How to spot and protect yourself from “phishing”, scam websites and emails
• Find out if your personal information has been leaked in notable data breaches

Complete the videos in numerical order. After putting in the time and effort to fully understand the course material, you may be asked to complete a short quiz to demonstrate your knowledge and understanding. Kirstie and Craig are the presenters for this course.

Project Partners

This course is created by Digital Skills Education. It is fully-funded for learners in Scotland thanks to CyberScotland and Scottish Union Learning.

Introduction

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

Complete a short quiz to demonstrate your knowledge and understanding and claim your certificate.

How to claim your certificate

Fill in this form to request your certificate. You will need to provide a password, which you will find at the end of the quiz.

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