Keeping Cyber Safe at the Workplace

Funding Validity Period

17 January 2023

16 January 2027

Course Overview

With the advancement in technology, the majority of an organisation’s work activities are being performed online instead of being paper based. The objective of our course is to ensure that employees in the organisation are educated and trained to support organisational efforts in identifying cybersecurity threats, developing materials for cybersecurity education and implementation of cybersecurity awareness programmes.

Skills Acquired

By the end of this course, learners will be able to:

Provide advisory to employees on identified areas of improvement relating to cyber security risks and practices in the organisation.
Develop effective security education materials to maximise security awareness programmes in the organisation.
Apply effective approaches and methods to implement and review effectiveness of approved security awareness programmes.

Learning Modules

Learning Unit 1: How Cybersafe Are We?

Everyone has a role to play in ensuring that their organisations are safe from cybersecurity threats. This units covers basic concepts related to cyber risks, threats and they will learn to align themselves with their organisations’ approach to maintain cybersecurity.

Topics

Information and cybersecurity
Organisational approach to cybersecurity
Types of cybersecurity threats
- Phishing
- Malware
- Identify Theft
- Online Scams
- Computer Hacking
Methods to identify cyber risks

Learning Unit 2: Secure Your Cybergates!

This unit will expose learners to different types of security awareness programmes, skills to develop security education materials and methods of reviewing the effectiveness of the materials developed.

Topics

Security awareness programmes
- Developing communication plan
Development of Security education materials
Review effectiveness of security education materials

Learning Unit 3: Stay On Guard!

This unit will teach learners how to plan, organise and monitor effectiveness of security awareness programmes and activities for their organisations.

Topics

Reporting & responding to cyber risks
- Policy and procedures
Execution of security awareness activities
- Identifying objectives and purpose of security awareness activities
- Assessment of staff awareness through quizzes, workplace security review, dumpster diving and phishing attack simulation
Implementation of security awareness projects
Effectiveness of security awareness programmes

Topics

Information and cybersecurity
Organisational approach to cybersecurity
Types of cybersecurity threats
- Phishing
- Malware
- Identify Theft
- Online Scams
- Computer Hacking
Methods to identify cyber risks

Topics

Security awareness programmes
- Developing communication plan
Development of Security education materials
Review effectiveness of security education materials

This unit will teach learners how to plan, organise and monitor effectiveness of security awareness programmes and activities for their organisations.

Topics

Reporting & responding to cyber risks
- Policy and procedures
Execution of security awareness activities
- Identifying objectives and purpose of security awareness activities
- Assessment of staff awareness through quizzes, workplace security review, dumpster diving and phishing attack simulation
Implementation of security awareness projects
Effectiveness of security awareness programmes

Who is this course is for

This training is relevant to employees in operational and supervisory positions that need to be aware of and deal with security and cybersecurity issues in their job roles.

Academic prerequisites

Workforce Skills Qualifications (WSQ) Workplace Literacy (WPL) level 4.
Be able to read and write English at a proficiency level equivalent to WSQ WPL level 4.
Be able to manipulate numbers at a proficiency level equivalent to WSQ Workplace Numeracy (WPN) level 4.
Learners to have minimum GCE ‘O’ level or ITE certificate education.
Learner should have at least 1 year’s working experience in any industry.
Learners should have basic IT literacy skills.

Course Fees

Fees	Small Medium Enterprises (SMEs)	Non Small Medium Enterprises	Singaporean Employees aged 40 years and above
Full Fee	$600.00	$600.00	$600.00
9% GST (on full course fee)	$54.00	$54.00	$54.00
Funding Amount	$420.00 (70% off course fee)	$300.00 (50% off course fee)	$420.00 (70% off course fee)
Nett Fee Payable (incl. GST)	$234.00	$354.00	$234.00

SME: Company registered or incorporated in Singapore AND employment size of not more than 200 or with annual sales turnover of not more than $100 million
Non-SME (MCES): Employee is Singaporean aged 40 years and above

Course Fee Funding:
SME: 70% of course fee
Non-SME: 50% of course fee
Non-SME(MCES): 70% of course fee

Eligible for Absentee Payroll Funding

$4.50 per training hour capped at $100,000 per enterprise per calendar year

Eligible for SkillsFuture Enterprise Credit (SFEC)

Fees	Singapore Citizens (40 years and above)	Singapore Citizens (21 to 39 years old) & Permanent Residents (21 years old and above)
Full Fee	$600.00	$600.00
9% GST (on full course fee)	$54.00	$54.00
Funding Amount	$420.00 (70% off course fee)	$300.00 (50% off course fee)
Nett Fee Payable (incl. GST)	$234.00	$354.00

MCES: Singaporean aged 40 years and above
Normal: Singaporean / PR aged 21 years and above

Course Fee Funding:
MCES: 70% of course fee
Normal: 50% of course fee

Eligible for UTAP funding
Eligible for SkillsFuture Credit
Eligible for PSEA Funds