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Security Awareness Essentials

Protect yourself and your business from the most common cyber threats — no technical background needed: why security is everyone's job, strong authentication and MFA, recognizing phishing and social engineering, protecting data and devices, and responding to incidents. Beginner-friendly, ending with a security-plan capstone.

BEGINNER · en · ~180 min

Instructor: Self-paced · Reviewed by: Iroko Skills Academy team · Published by: Iroko Skills Academy team

Learning objectives

  • Adopt a security-aware mindset of healthy skepticism and good habits
  • Use strong unique passwords, a password manager, and MFA
  • Recognize phishing and social engineering and verify before acting
  • Protect data and devices and respond effectively to an incident

Before you start

Prerequisites: None

Device/connectivity: Smartphone, tablet, laptop, or desktop with a modern web browser, Internet access for lessons and assignment submission

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What you'll cover

  1. Security Mindset and Access

    • Why security is everyone's job
    • Passwords and authentication

  2. Threats and Protection

    • Recognizing phishing and social engineering
    • Protecting data and devices

  3. Response and Capstone

    • Responding when something goes wrong
    • Capstone: a personal and small-business security plan

Assessment and completion criteria

Complete every published lesson to earn a completion badge. A self-paced certificate also requires passing every server-graded quiz. Practical assignments provide project feedback and may support a separate verified-proficiency record, but they do not delay the standard course certificate.

  • Optional reviewed project: A personal and small-business security plan · rubric v1 · pass ≥ 70%