Cyber Awareness Training

Duration :

3 days

Hours :

24 hours

Level :

Beginner

Our awareness training is designed to expose both the non-technical and technical users to latest Cyber threats, techniques hackers use to penetrate systems and how unsuspecting users are often used to complete the job easily. Through this training therefore users are then trained on how to detect threats, respond to threats and stay clear of common attack vectors used by attackers.

Award: Certificate of Completion

Course Outline

1. Social Engineering;

This module covers various non-technical techniques hackers use to exploit the weak human element to access confidential information. Through an interactive case-study-based training approach, trainees are taken through three main
areas of attack: digital attacks, in-person attacks, and phone attacks.

2. Password Security;
This module covers the rules of how to create and use strong passwords in both an office environment and at home. Trainees learn the 10 important rules for safer passwords, minimum password length, and how to remember long passwords.
3. Handling Sensitive Information;This module specializes in making sure your employees understand the importance of safely handling sensitive information, like Personally Identifiable Information (PII) collected in the field, Protected Health Information (PHI), Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI), including your organization’s proprietary information and can apply this knowledge in their day-to-day job for
compliance with regulations.
4. Regulations and Compliance;
This module delves in-depth into various government and union-designed data privacy regulations and compliance issues. Some of the notable laws covered are DPP (Uganda), GDPR (European Union), and ISO 27001 standards for information security and data protection.

Entry Level Requirements

  • A student undertaking this course should have a basic understanding of computing, the web, the internet, and networking.
  • A student should also have a basic understanding of cybersecurity.
  • A certificate in Fundamentals of Cybersecurity (Milima Cyber Academy) or an equivalent from a cybersecurity training academy is highly recommended.
  • Understanding of basic web technologies (HTTP, HTML, JS, …)

This is a prepaid program for organisations strictly. This program requires  100% payment before commencement.

ABOUT MCA

We are Uganda’s top-tier cyber-security and digital forensics academy supporting young professionals to gain practical and hands-on skills.

CONTACT

Plot M445, Ntinda, Kampala, Uganda

+256 778 290 491

care@mca.ac.ug