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None. No prior knowledge and no formal application are needed. All you need is a web browser.

What does the course cost?

With the current discount, this course costs US$12, including the full course content and your personal certificate. There are no additional costs.

How do I get my certificate?

Work through the 9 chapters and pass the course quiz, which is multiple choice with free retakes and no time limit. The certificate is issued instantly as a digital PDF with a unique ID that employers can verify online.

What is the value of the certificate?

IBMI holds its programs to the same high standards applied by traditional educational institutions, and its certificates are acknowledged by employers worldwide as professional certificates. IBMI does not award academic titles or degrees.

Cybersecurity and Digital Trust — IBMI

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Cybersecurity and
Digital Trust

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Most cyberattacks start with an ordinary moment: a link clicked in a hurry or a password used twice. In about two hours, you will learn how to recognize the most common attacks, protect yourself and your team, handle personal data correctly and build the trust that customers expect.How to protect your work, your team and your customers, in about two hours.

What you will learn

Cybersecurity is not only a job for the IT department. This course gives managers, team leads, founders and employees without a technical background the habits, decisions and basic rules that matter most.

Core skills

Recognize phishing, deepfake fraud, ransomware and other common attacks
Protect yourself and your team with strong authentication, updates, backups and safe use of AI tools
Handle personal data under the GDPR and build digital trust, a security culture and a clear incident response

More details

This is practical knowledge for your everyday work. You will not learn to configure firewalls. Across nine short chapters you learn good habits, good decisions and the basic rules, with real examples from companies that were attacked.

Why this matters

62%

of data breaches involved a person, for example by clicking a fake link or making a mistake. People are the first line of defense.

Source: Verizon, Data Breach Investigations Report 2026

You will learn what security protects and who attacks, how to recognize and stop common attacks, how privacy and the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) work in practice, and what builds digital trust. You will also learn the basics of security culture, standards, the NIS2 directive and incident response. Two real cases, Maersk and Norsk Hydro, bring it all together.

The course is designed for managers, professionals and everyone who works with digital tools. No technical knowledge is required.

The course takes about two hours in text and audio, is fully self-paced, and comes with lifetime access and no prerequisites. Pass the short final exam to earn a verifiable certificate.

What we will cover

9 focused chapters that take you from the basics of security to a culture of trust, each grounded in real cases.

9chapters

~2hself-paced

Text & audioread or listen

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Introduction

Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability
Who Attacks and What It Costs
The Human Factor

Phishing and Social Engineering
Deepfake Fraud
Ransomware and Malware
Account Takeover and Supply Chain Attacks

Strong Authentication
Updates and Backups
Working Safely Anywhere
Using AI Tools Safely

Personal Data and Privacy Principles
The GDPR in Practice
Data Breaches and Privacy by Design

What Builds Digital Trust
Responsible Use of Data and AI
Transparency and Earning Back Trust

Building a Security Culture
Policies and Standards
NIS2 in Brief
Incident Response Basics

Maersk and NotPetya
Norsk Hydro and LockerGoga

Conclusion

Course Quiz & Your CertificateMultiple choice · free retakes · no time limit · certificate issued instantly on passing

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Read or listen at your own pace, on any device — and yours to keep forever.

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Chapter 3 of 9Common Attacks

3:20 / 6:00

A fake email, a deepfake voice of the boss, a file that locks every computer. In this chapter, you learn how the most common attacks work.

When something looks wrong

Stop before you click, check the request on another channel, report it quickly and learn from every case.

With real cases, you will see the warning signs that give most attacks away.

You will leave knowing how to pause, check and report before any damage is done.

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Content

Introduction

Cybersecurity Basics

Common Attacks

4 Protecting Yourself and Your Team

5 Data Protection and Privacy

6 Digital Trust

7 Security Culture and Governance

8 Case Studies

9 Conclusion

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Verifiableunique ID number

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It’s one of the four courses of the Digital Management program — and it counts toward that program certificate at no extra cost.

Digital Management

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Frequently asked questions

Add the course to your cart and create your student account during checkout. You can start right after payment — and you keep lifetime access, so breaks and retakes are always possible.

It’s a focused short course — 9 chapters and 25 topics, about 2 hours in total, 100% online and self-paced. Read the content or listen to the audio on your computer, tablet, or phone, and pick up exactly where you left off. No additional reading material required.

None. This course is designed for students and non-students alike — no prior knowledge and no formal application. All you need is a web browser and some motivation.

With the current discount, this course costs US$1212 €£12CHF 12SAR 45AED 44₹1,140₱760Rp216.000EGP 640MAD 118MX$220R200R$61Rs 3,300₦16,000₺590QAR 44. That includes the full course content and your personal certificate — there are no additional costs.

Work through the 9 chapters and pass the course quiz — multiple choice, with free retakes and no time limit. Your certificate is issued instantly as a digital PDF that you can download, print, share on LinkedIn, and that employers can verify online via its unique ID.

IBMI holds its distance learning programs to the same high standards applied by traditional educational institutions, and our certificates are acknowledged by employers around the world as professional certificates. Please note we do not award academic titles or degrees.

The full course — audio and text — is in English. You can also read the course text in 100+ other languages via automatic (machine) translation, so you can follow along in whichever language you’re most comfortable with. See available languages →

Yes. Alongside your course certificate, this course counts toward the Digital Management program certificate — at no extra cost. Finish the four courses of the program and you earn its certificate too.

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