A one hour video version of the live course with additional resources provides cyber security training and policies for your Canadian non-profit organization. It provides practical best practices intended to fulfil the requirements of cyber security liability insurance and Canadian and provincial law*. It provides guidance and training on practical user-level and policy-level cybersecurity practices for your business email, phones, computers and website.
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 and training, programming, design and management services to organizations since 2000. 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.
Note: You will be prompted to make a user account while buying this course. Once your payment is processed, you will be able to revisit this page after logging in and you will be able to open the video and resources under ‘curriculum’.
*I am not a lawyer, so this course is not legal advice and should not be treated as such. I am unable to accept responsibility for making sure it meets your regulatory or insurance obligations, even though I believe it will.
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Practical Cyber Security for Non-Profits Course Outline
- Introduction
- What we will cover
- Why Pay Attention to Cyber Security?
- Cyber Security Risks
- What cyber privacy legislation applies to Canadian non-profits?
- Canadian and Intra-provincial Legislation
- Risks of Non-Compliance for Non-Profits
- PIPEDA & BC, AB, QC Laws Require
- Electronic Privacy Law for Non-Profits
- Provincial Laws Additional Requirements
- 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 – Sync – Backup #2 & #3
- Data Destruction
- Data Destruction How Tos
- (More) Secure Email
- Email Encryption and Signature
- How it all works together
- What I use – Email
- Antivirus and Ransomware Protection
- Protecting Your Website
- Services that can be made secure
- Secure Examples
- Fraud Literacy
- Cyber Security Policies
- Cyber Security Policies – Breach
- Overwhelmed? Here’s where to start
- Next Steps
- Final Reminders & Takeaways
- How to Resources and More Information
Interesed in Live Course Delivery?
Interested in a live course delivery over zoom, complete with recording for internal use? Contact me for pricing and scheduling.
More information and an outline here.
Interested in Purchasing Multiple Seats for this Course?
Interested in purchasing several seats for this course? See here for group rate discount codes.
Do I get a certificate?
Yes, if you would like a certificate of completion, here’s what you need to do.
- Mark each of the lessons as complete once you have done them.
- Add the certificate to your cart (it costs $5) and pay for it.
- Return to the course page and click on the ‘certificate’ button. Your certificate will be there. Click on the button and then download or print from that screen.
- What is the QR code for? If you view the code and visit the link in it, it will load your certificate, verifying that you did in fact take the course. You can also post it to social media from this page.
How to use your course
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Curriculum
- 1 Section
- 2 Lessons
- Lifetime
Features
- Access to Free how-to resources
- One hour of video instruction
Target audiences
- Non-profit organization admin staff
- Non-profit organization front line staff
- Non-profit organization leadership
- Staff at Non-Profit Organizations
- Board Members at Non-Profit Organizations