Welcome to Cyber Crime

Cyber crime is an offence which is committed, in full or in part, via a computer, network or other computer-enabled device. This course will help you to identify it, and is the first of two courses on online crime, security and protection. The second course is Cyber Security - which will help you to protect against cyber crime. 

You may also be interested in our Information Security and Information Governance courses.

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Is this course for me?
This course is suitable for professionals of any level who want to know more about cyber crime.

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How will I benefit from this course?
On completion of this course you will:
  • Look at cyber crime in the UK (but applicable globally)
  • Be able to identify cyber crime


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How long will it take?
 This course should take you around 25 minutes to complete.

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How much does it cost?
 This course is free!

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Will I get a certificate at the end?
 Yes - you will be able to download a certificate once you have have completed all of the modules within the course.

The word START and a question mark in a circleHow do I start?
 Scroll to the top of the page and click on the       Join course       button. This will take you through to the course content. You don't need to complete the course in one go - you can always continue later from where you left off.