A North East training manager is seeking to get firms to protect their IT systems and be IT security conscious. New training is designed to protect businesses of all sizes from the threat of cyber crime.
Newcastle based Nick Atkinson of Inteltrain is launching Cyber Stars. That’s an onsite one day course which gives an organisation understanding of cyber security to enable the business to operate safely online. It also gives a cyber security strategy to implement within the organisation.
Nick Atkinson, pictured, said: “This course is for everyone in the business and as such we believe it is every bit as important as first aid, manual handling or other similar courses, think of this as cyber health and safety training for your business.
“A staggering 80 per cent of breaches can be foiled through basic precautions. These range from having policies in place around the use of mobile working, acceptable use of mobile devices and storage media through to downloading of files. An organisation could have the most robust cyber security plan in place but if staff aren’t adequately trained to follow the basic housekeeping rules or how to recognise a threat, the organisation becomes very vulnerable. Even a memory stick in the wrong hands can cause chaos.”
Cyber Stars is said to be the country’s only accredited Level 2 training aimed at all staff within an organisation from receptionist to boardroom. The Level 2 Award in Cyber Security For Business is accredited by OFQUAL. Firms who embrace the initiative can use the Cyber Stars logo to let other companies know that they are responsible custodians of data who value their IT security as well as that of their clients and supply chain.
