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Five Cybersecurity Essentials for Everyone

by John Elliott

This course will summarize the five essential security behaviors to stay safe online in 2025.

What you'll learn

There’s lots to remember about cybersecurity, especially when it isn’t what you come to work to do. In this course, Five Cybersecurity Essentials for Everyone, you’ll recap the five most important security behaviors to focus on. First, you’ll explore passwords and authentication Next, you’ll discover defeating phishing attacks. Finally, you’ll learn how to stay friends with your information security and cybersecurity teams. When you’re finished with this course, you’ll have the skills and knowledge of essential cybersecurity behaviors needed to keep your organization secure.

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Five Cybersecurity Essentials for Everyone
8mins

About the author

John Elliott is a specialist in regulated security and data protection. His fascination is the way that people engage with security directives: whether that’s a company following external regulation, an information security team developing policies, an IT team following them, or a colleague who is just trying to do their job securely. John has led information security and data protection functions in aviation and financial services. He’s represented both Visa Europe and Mastercard on the PCI S... more

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