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McGill-managed training
McGill faculty, staff, researchers, and students have access to online cybersecurity awareness training through the Terranova platform.
The courses listed below are available to a general audience. Additional courses may be available to you depending on your department, faculty, or role.
You can log in any time to the platform to see what courses are available to you. If you want to refresh your skills at spotting cyber threats, you can retake part or all of a course.
Faculty, staff, and researchers:
Cybersecurity Essentials
Course duration: 20-30 minutes
Login with your McGill Username and Password to access the course.
Topics addressed include protecting data, how to detect phishing and scams, online meeting risks, file sharing, and more! Each section of the course lasts a few minutes, so you can easily finish it all at once or in several sessions.
The course is offered in English and French, and each module has an accessible and interactive mode.
Students:
Stay safe while you study, stream, and share
Course duration: 10-15 minutes
Login with your McGill Username and Password to access the course.
Topics addressed include phishing, Wi-Fi security, social engineering, ransomware, and more! The course is offered in English and French, and each module has an accessible and interactive mode.
Canadian Centre for Cyber Security training
The Canadian Centre for Cyber Security offers a selection of online training courses for public sector employees, educators, and researchers below.
To access these courses, you will need to create an account on their site. Make sure to create a unique password for your account, and please do not reuse your McGill password.
Researchers:
Introduction to research security
Course duration: 40 minutes
This course is offered by the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security in collaboration with Innovation, Science and Economic Development (ISED) Canada. It explains why protecting research is important and how to spot risks that could put it in danger. You’ll learn to recognize common threats, identify vulnerabilities in your own research, and explore ways to reduce those risks. The course also shows how to work in partnership with research support staff and other experts to build strong strategies for keeping research safe.
Cyber security for researchers
Course duration: 50 minutes
This course can be taken on its own, but it is recommended to first take "Introduction to research security", listed above.
This course is offered by the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security in collaboration with Innovation, Science and Economic Development (ISED) Canada. It will teach you to recognize the risks and consequences of cyber attacks, understand who might be targeting your research and why, and explore the methods threat actors use. The course also helps you ask the right questions to assess your own cyber risk and take steps to ensure sensitive research and data is safely handled, stored, and shared, and disposed of.
Social media creators and administrators
Cyber security considerations for social media account management
Course Duration: 30-45 minutes
This course explores the cybersecurity risks linked to social media and how organizations can protect themselves from them. You'll learn to recognize common threats, understand how to keep social media accounts secure, and apply cyber safety practices across devices and apps used for posting. The course also covers best practices for reviewing and approving content before it's published, and how to respond effectively if a security incident occurs.
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