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Cybersecurity for Small Businesses

Learn the 13 baseline cyber security controls that the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security recommends for small organizations. Five short lessons and a quiz, with a certificate of completion.

62minutes
5lessons
1final quiz
Freecertificate of completion

What you’ll be able to do

  • Explain why small businesses are targeted and what the 80/20 idea behind the Cyber Centre baseline controls means
  • Build a one-page inventory of devices, accounts and data and rate the harm of losing each
  • Turn on automatic updates, security software and two-factor authentication in the right order
  • Recognize the warning signs of a phishing or payment-fraud email and set up a safe reporting habit
  • Plan backups you can actually restore and set simple rules for phones, USB drives and cloud services
  • Write a one-page incident response plan and know when Alberta's PIPA requires a breach report

Curriculum

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Course lessons

5 lessons · module quiz
  1. 01Why small businesses are targets and what the baseline controls areLesson
  2. 02Securing devices and the networkLesson
  3. 03People, passwords and accessLesson
  4. 04Protecting data: backups, cloud, phones and websitesLesson
  5. 05When something goes wrong: your incident planLesson
  6. 06QUIZCybersecurity for Small Businesses: final quizQuiz