Aim: To understand how to prevent unauthorised access to your systems and data by being safe and secure online

Objectives:

By successfully completing this course you will be able to:

• Describe the importance of cyber security in the health and social care sector
• Understand the different types of data security threats (both physical and digital)
• List all the relevant legislations in the UK
• Describe the principles of data security
• Describe what online abuse is and the signs to look out for
• Understand how you play a crucial role in avoiding data security threats and keeping the systems and data of your organisation safe
• Know who to report to and how to raise concerns if you become aware of, or suspect, a data breach or any risk to data security

Introduction

Welcome to the Halo Staffing eLearning course on – Being safe and secure online.

The first section of this course will emphasise the importance of cyber security in the health and social care sector.

We will then add more to this with an up-to-date information about the different types of data security threats.

At this point we will list all the relevant legislations in the UK.

The next topic will cover the principles of data security.

We will then educate you about the online abuse and the signs to look out for.

We will also inform you about the crucial role you ought to play in avoiding data security threats and keeping the systems and data of your organisation safe.

Finally, we will explain how to raise a concern and who to report to if you become aware of, or suspect, a data breach or any risk to data security.