Cyber Security Essentials for Payroll TRAINING COURSE / INTERMEDIATE PAYROLL
KEY INFO
Study level Intermediate payroll
Duration 2 hours
In today’s digitally interconnected world, it is more important than ever to ensure that payroll data is secure. Cyber-attacks may compromise this data and expose the organisation to legal, reputational and operational risks.
Delivery method e-learning
This course provides you with an essential understanding of cyber security and how to protect your payroll data from threats including phishing, malware, ransomware and hacking. As well, you will gain an understanding of how to detect and respond to cyber incidents.
Career level Payroll administrators
Aimed at This course is for anyone who works with or has access to payroll data and wants to better understand how to protect it from cyber threats. It’s particularly relevant for payroll professionals, human resources staff and finance teams who handle sensitive employee information and need practical knowledge of cyber security risks, prevention strategies and response techniques in the payroll context.
Course content ● Importance of cyber security in a payroll function
Entry requirements No formal requirements but we recommend you are familiar with basic computer skills, such as email use, web browsing, password creation and software updates. In addition, you should familiarise yourself with the data protection policies, procedures and software systems of your organisation. What next? Continue your learning with the Payroll Update (page 38) or Foundations of Payroll Analytics (page 48) course.
CPD 2 points
● Understanding cyber threats ● Social engineering in payroll ● Cyber attacks
❍ Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) ❍ Malware, ransomware and hacking ❍ Insider threats and supply chain attacks ● Secure password management ● Email and internet safety
● Secure file handling ● Secure data disposal
● Data protection best practices ● Incident response and reporting
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