Scenario-based e-learning is an instructional design method that uses the ‘active learning’ approach. It builds on real-life situations to help learners relate to the content. This usually takes the form of a learning experience built around a story, often with …
Email is at the heart of modern business. It’s how we communicate with colleagues and stakeholders, and it’s therefore essential that lines of communication are secure. A vulnerability in your email systems could lead to cyber criminals compromising sensitive information, …
When discussing the benefits of e-learning, the focus is often on employees’ learning experience. Remote learning is more convenient, it’s cost-effective and it caters to different learning styles. But there are also many benefits of e-learning for organisations. You shouldn’t …
The UK GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) and DPA (Data Protection Act) 2018 grant individuals significant control over how their personal data is processed, from rights relating to erasure (the ‘right to be forgotten’), data portability and objecting to automated …
Gamification is a phrase that’s been popping up a lot in the past few years. Essentially, it refers to the way learning materials incorporate game mechanics. By doing this, learners are no longer simply sitting and reading or listening to …
Human error is one of the biggest security threats that organisations face, but you wouldn’t know that based on the lack of resources dedicated to preventing it. According to Verizon’s 2022 Data Breaches Investigations Report, 82% of data breaches involved …
In the past few years, ransomware has become one of the biggest cyber security threats that organisations face. It was the second-leading cause of cyber attacks in 2021, according to research by IT Governance, with more than 400 publicly disclosed …
Vishing is a type of phishing scam that takes place over the phone. It attempts to con individuals into surrendering personal information such as passwords, card details and PINs, which can be used for identity theft.
For years, e-learning was considered a cost-effective but ultimately inferior way to receive training. Prospective trainees would gravitate towards online learning if they didn’t have the wherewithal to go to an in-person course, which often have limited dates and small …
BEC (business email compromise) scams are a type of phishing attack in which a fraudster impersonates a senior executive at an organisation. The threat of BEC attacks is something all organisations must address, with a 2021 GreatHorn report finding that …
