This practical e-learning course is designed for accountants and business professionals who need a clear understanding of modern cyber risk and how it should be managed. You will explore why organisations are targeted, how today’s cyber threat landscape operates, and how common attacks such as phishing, business email compromise, social engineering and AI-driven deception work in practice.

The course also looks at cyber security as a business capability, covering governance, security hygiene, risk management, incident response and the potential impact of serious incidents such as ransomware attacks. Throughout, cyber risk is framed in business and financial terms to support better decision-making.

By the end of the course, you will be better equipped to reduce day-to-day exposure, challenge IT and security providers effectively, and understand what good, proportionate cyber security looks like in practice.

After completing this course, you will be able to:

• Explain cyber security as a business resilience and trust issue, and understand why organisations of all sizes are targeted

• Understand today’s cyber threat landscape, including threat actors, the cyber-criminal economy and how attacks such as phishing and ransomware are carried out

• Recognise common social engineering techniques and demonstrate safer behaviours that reduce day-to-day cyber risk

• Assess the business impact of cyber incidents and express cyber risk in financial and commercial terms

• Understand what effective, proportionate cyber security looks like and challenge IT and security providers to maximise value from cyber investment.

This course is delivered in partnership with Lockdown Cyber Security