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As the epidemics of cybercrime, data breaches, and identity theft continue to impact all aspects of American life, there’s never been a greater urgency for all citizens to better understand what they can do to protect themselves and those around them. Especially in the workplace.

To address this challenge, the Center for Information Security Awareness (CISA) has created a comprehensive online security awareness course that will be available free of charge to everybody.

By learning about how to prevent cybercrime and identity theft in the workplace, that knowledge will help your job, your family, and the nation.

The web-based course consists of 14 separate lessons covering all the key security issues impacting the workplace, is created entirely in Flash and is professionally narrated throughout.

These are just some of the key security topics covered in the course:

•    The cyber threats to the workplace and the nation
•    The value of awareness
•    The role of employees
•    Understanding the threats
•    Understanding how employee behavior is exploited
•    The importance or regulatory compliance
•    Better workspace security
•    Passwords
•    Understanding social engineering
•    Better email practices
•    Safer surfing practices
•    Protecting sensitive data
•    Understanding and avoiding identity theft
•    Appropriate use of workplace resources
•    Laptop security
•    Security outside the workplace
•    Compliance and regulatory issues such as PCI, Sarbanes-Oxley, and FISMA.

Once you register for the course you can take it as often as you like. Take it one lesson at a time or all the lessons at one time. It's up to you.

And when you've completed the course you'll have the option to take our online awareness test and be amongst the first in the nation to earn your personalised and numbered Certificate In Information Security Awareness In The Workplace.

To take the course, get started here.