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Information and Data Security

Understand your part in keeping workplace information secure.

Course highlights

  • Everyday information security
  • Security rules and management
  • ISO 27001 and the ICO
  • Information-security policies
Course format Online learning
Approximate duration Approximately 1 hour.
Course access 12 months from purchase
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Course overview, learning outcomes and assessment

Course overview

Understand your part in keeping workplace information secure. This course explores everyday security behaviours, organisational policies and the consequences of poor protection. It also introduces the role of standards and regulators in managing information and data security.

What you will learn

01

Everyday information security
Recognise behaviours that help protect information and understand how individual actions can affect security at work.

02

Security rules and management
Explore the rules and management arrangements used to support information security within an organisation.

03

ISO 27001 and the ICO
Understand the course's introduction to ISO 27001 and the role of the Information Commissioner's Office in the wider security context.

04

Information-security policies
Recognise the purpose of organisational policies and why staff need to understand the arrangements that apply to their work.

05

Consequences of poor protection
Explore how inadequate protection of information can affect people and organisations.

Who is this course for?

Employees and managers who use workplace information and need to understand their part in keeping it secure.

Course outcome

After successfully completing the required learning and assessment, the learner will receive the course outcome shown below.

Certificate
Downloadable Highfield completion certificate after successfully completing the course.
Assessment
Online assessment using multiple-choice questions.
Course recognition
Accredited by Highfield Qualifications. 1 CPD points/hours.

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