Modern cyber threats target people and processes just as much as they target IT infrastructure. This course is specifically tailored for public sector professionals who do not have a technical background but need a practical grasp on how cyber threats impact their day-to-day operations and strategic objectives.

This course is ideal if you:

• Work within the public sector and want to understand how cyber threats impact broader strategic objectives.
• Need a foundational, non-technical grasp of cyber threats to safeguard your branch or agency’s public assets.
• Want to gain confidence translating dense technical cyber updates into a clear operational narrative.

This program focuses on cyber awareness as a fundamental baseline capability rather than an isolated IT problem.

• Demystifying risk terminology into accessible public sector language.
• Understanding the lifecycle of cyber threats and vulnerabilities facing modern governments.
• Developing proactive, human-centric strategies to reinforce your responses to a cyber incident.

• Increase your awareness of government expectations around cyber risk
• Assess your organisation’s baseline IT security maturity
• Use a bow tie diagram to visualise and identify cyber risks
• Apply your knowledge and understanding of how to respond to a cyber incident