Cybercrime: What does it mean?
Explore different types of cybercrime with this collection of animated videos.
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Introduction to cyber security: stay safe online
This free course, Introduction to cyber security: stay safe online, will help you to understand online security and start to protect your digital life, whether at home or work. You will learn how to recognise the threats that could harm you online and the steps you can take to reduce the chances that they will happen to you.
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Embarking on a career in cyber security
Are you interested in a career in cyber security? Find out what career paths you can take here.
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What is a password manager - and should I be using one?
Password managers can make keeping track of your online security a little easier. But are the downsides to using them?
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Getting started with a Password Manager
Overwhelmed by having 12,345 different passwords? Time to get in a manager...
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Password checker
How solid is your password? Use our password checker to test how strong yours is.
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Spam, phishing and spoofing
Learn how to protect yourself against those who attempt to lure you to disclose confidential information.
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Cybercrime: Stuxnet - The world’s first cyber weapon
Stuxnet is the cleverest and most devious computer worm ever created. Find out how it was discovered and what exactly it did.
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Blackhat, dark night: Could hackers really cause a power outage?
Although the nuclear meltdown depicted in Blackhat is fiction, Mike Richards warns there are other ways those with bad intentions could switch our lights off...
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Download your free 'Digital Technology Past and Present' information pack
Download your free information pack on 'Digital Technology Past and Present' to accompany the BBC Make it Digital season.
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Digital forensics
Digital evidence features in just about every part of our personal and business lives. Legal and business decisions hinge on having timely data about what people have actually done. This free course, Digital forensics, is an introduction to computer forensics and investigation, and provides a taster in understanding how to conduct investigations to correctly gather, analyse and present digital evidence to both business and legal audiences. It also outlines the tools to locate and analyse digital evidence on a variety of devices, how to keep up to date with changing technologies, and laws and regulations in digital forensics.
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Have I been Pwned?
Check if you have an account that has been compromised in a data breach
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