In person instruction with question period and customization for your business for a group of your staff. Available in person in Metro Vancouver, over zoom throughout Canada or live for keynotes at an hourly rate. I can licence a recording of your zoom training session for internal use for a small additional fee.
How long is the cyber security course?
The course content takes an hour to deliver and is aimed at an end user or entrepreneur audience. A question period of a half hour to an hour is also useful. After the course there is an online guide of curated additional resources to provide support.
What is taught in the cyber security course?
The course provides cyber security training and policies for your Canadian business to fulfil the requirements of cyber security liability insurance and Canadian and provincial law. It provides guidance and training on PIPEDA (and PIPA) compliant cybersecurity practices for your business email, phones, computers and website. See below for the outline.
What are the instructors qualifications?
Taught by Sophia Kelly, an IT and web consultant with 25 years of experience helping non-profits and businesses do good things better online. She has been providing user support, custom training, programming, design and management services to organizations since 2000. She also provides maintenance, technical oversight and security services for her clients. Sophia has a pragmatic, easy to understand training style that centres individual learning needs, and uses non-specialist language whenever possible. Sophia has been providing IT services for entrepreneurial business and Canadian non-profits since 2000.
How to Book
Call Sophia Kelly in Vancouver at 604-813-7674 or email
“I just wanted to send a quick note to say thank you for arranging for Sophia to talk to us about cyber security today. I found the presentation incredibly informative and really appreciated the practical tips and insights she shared.
It’s clear how important this topic is, and I’m grateful for you prioritizing it and making sure we’re all better informed.
Thanks again!” Cecilia Yeung, East Vancouver Counselling“I know about the problem of cybersecurity, but wasn’t sure what to do. Now I have some practical strategies to use to keep my clients safe.”
Cyber Security for Business Course Outline – Live Delivery
- Cyber Security for Canadian private sector business
- Introduction
- What we will cover
- Why Pay Attention to Cyber Security?
- Cyber Security Risks
- Canadian and Intra-provincial Legislation
- PIPEDA (Canada) & PIPA (BC) Require
- Electronic Privacy Law
- PIPA (BC)
- Cyber Security Principles
- Physical Protection and Barriers
- Passwords and Biometrics
- Biometrics
- ‘Key’ Recommendations
- What I use – Password Manager
- Passwords without a Manager
- Encryption
- Encryption Uses
- Backups
- What I use – Backup #1
- What I use – Online file storage– Backup #2 & #3
- Data Destruction
- (More) Secure Email
- Email Encryption and Signature
- What I use – Email
- Antivirus and Ransomware Protection
- Protecting Your Website
- Services that can be made secure
- Secure Examples
- Fraud Literacy
- Cyber Security Policies (PIPEDA)
- Cyber Security Policies – Breach
- Overwhelmed? Here’s where to start
- Next Steps
- Final Reminders & Takeaways
- How to Resources and More Information
I am not a lawyer, so this course is not legal advice and should not be treated as such.
