Security Awareness Training for Non-Technical Staff
Practical cyber safety habits for everyday workplace decisions
Security Awareness Training for Non-Technical Staff is a practical Cybersecurity course designed to help employees make safer decisions during everyday work. Students learn how to recognize common threats, protect sensitive information, and build Practical cyber safety habits for everyday workplace decisions without needing technical expertise.
Build Stronger Cybersecurity Habits At Work
- Learn how attackers target non-technical staff through phishing, impersonation, urgency, and payment fraud.
- Practice safer account habits with passphrases, password managers, multi-factor authentication, and secure logins.
- Understand how to handle company and customer data responsibly across email, cloud tools, devices, and remote work.
- Know when and how to report suspicious activity, mistakes, or potential Cybersecurity incidents with confidence.
This course teaches practical Cybersecurity awareness skills for safer everyday workplace behavior.
Through clear, jargon-free lessons, this Security Awareness Training for Non-Technical Staff course explains why Cybersecurity matters in every role. Students explore how real-world attacks often begin with ordinary workplace moments, such as opening an email, scanning a QR code, sharing a file, approving a payment request, or logging in from a new device.
The course focuses on Practical cyber safety habits for everyday workplace decisions, including spotting phishing emails and fake alerts, recognizing social engineering pressure tactics, checking links and attachments, and reducing the risk of business email compromise. Students also learn how to use passwords, passphrases, password managers, and multi-factor authentication more effectively.
Beyond accounts and email, students gain practical guidance for protecting sensitive company and customer information, using collaboration tools safely, working remotely, securing laptops and phones, and managing physical security risks in offices, meetings, travel, and shared spaces.
By the end of the course, students will be better prepared to notice warning signs, pause before risky actions, protect information responsibly, and report concerns early. They will leave with stronger Cybersecurity judgment and safer habits they can apply immediately in daily workplace decisions.
Full lesson breakdown
Lessons are organized by topic area and each includes descriptive copy for search visibility and student clarity.
Foundations of Everyday Cyber Risk
3 lessons
Spotting Social Engineering
4 lessons
Protecting Accounts
3 lessons
Protecting Information
3 lessons
Working Safely Anywhere
3 lessons
Reporting and Response
2 lessons
Professor Victor Zane
Professor Victor Zane guides this AI-built Virversity course with a clear, practical teaching style.