Cyber Safety at Work
Most cyber attacks on South African businesses don't start with clever hacking. They start with a person: someone who reuses a weak password, clicks a link in a convincing email, reads an OTP to a "bank official" on the phone or pays a fake invoice. Criminals target new and young employees because they are eager to help and may not know the warning signs. One mistake can cost a company money, customers' trust and even fines under POPIA. This course teaches you how to create strong passwords and passphrases and protect your accounts with two-step verification; how to spot phishing emails and what to do if you click; how to recognise phone, SMS, WhatsApp, social media and fake job scams; and how to keep laptops, phones and flash drives safe, including on public Wi-Fi. You will also learn how to report incidents quickly, which is often the most important step of all. The course is fully online and self-paced. Each lesson has a short activity in your workbook. You finish with a practical task and a final assessment, and you receive a MetaCo Certificate of Completion that you can add to your CV.
What you will learn
Protect yourself and your employer from hackers and scammers: strong passwords, phishing, phone and WhatsApp scams, and safe devices and Wi-Fi.
- Module 1: Introduction
- Module 2: Passwords and Accounts
- Module 3: Phishing
- Module 4: Scams by Phone, SMS and Social Media
- Module 5: Safe Devices and Public Wi-Fi
- Module 6: Putting It into Practice
How it is assessed
Short quizzes as you go, a final assessment with three attempts (fresh questions each time) and a practical task.
Certificate
MetaCo Certificate of Completion, with your own number and a QR code employers can scan. This certificate confirms completion of a MetaCo short course.
Part of the pathway: IT Support Assistant
What you get
- The lessons, quiz and practical task
- A downloadable workbook (PDF)
- The Information Technology toolkit
- A one-page cheat sheet to keep
- The MetaCo certificate with a QR verification link, and a "Copy to my CV" line
- The Career Starter Kit, free with your first purchase
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