All in One Data Privacy Solution

PrivacyEngine offer a free plan to provide everyone with essential privacy protection tools that transform your data privacy strategy by connecting data management, employee training, and third party management in one unified solution for up to 5 staff. No catch. No credit card required. No commitment. See: https://www.privacyengine.io/

Free Programming, Computer Science & IT Lessons

Best Ed Lessons is a non-profit, with no fees, and no ads, which lists the best free educational lessons for homeschool, primary, middle, high school students and teachers. Covering freely available learning, training and educational materials, and tutorials on Programming, Computer Science and Information Technology. See: https://bestedlessons.org/

Free Digital Skills Training

Digital skills have fast become essential everyday skills. That's why Google is committed to helping people grow their digital skills, careers, or businesses using technology. With over 93 online courses for individuals and 84 courses for small businesses (some are paid), as well as the Google for Small Business hub, free 1 to 1 mentoring and free live interactive trainings to help businesses improve their online presence. See: https://grow.google/intl/uk/

FREE Security Awareness Training

The Fortinet Security Awareness and Training service is a SaaS-based offering that delivers timely and current awareness training on today’s cybersecurity threats. It helps IT, security, and compliance leaders build a cyber-aware culture where employees recognize and avoid falling victim to cyberattacks. Free to organizations with up to 25 users, see: www.fortinet.com/training/security-awareness-training

FREE Personalized Online Meeting Room

Whereby video conferencing is made to work straight in the browser on your phone or laptop - no downloads needed, which makes it perfect for inviting internal and external participants. All rooms are locked by default and guests have to knock to be let in. Start by creating a custom and unique link (whereby.com/yourname) with a FREE account which allows up to 4 participants and features screen sharing and integrations with YouTube, Google Drive, Miro and Trello. See https://whereby.com

Learn To Hack From Your Browser

TryHackMe is an online platform for learning and teaching cyber security, all through your browser. Develop your skills by working through hand-on guided tasks or test your skills with gamified real-world cybersecurity challenges.

Sign up for a free account (and maybe upgrade to a premium account) at: https://tryhackme.com/

FREE Security Awareness Training

People’s attention span is short, so Wizer made their videos 1-Minute long and to the point. A Wizer Free Plan includes more than 50 security awareness training videos covering topics such as: Phishing, Malware, Passwords, Wifi, Mobile, Social Media and more, together with quizzes, and progress reports for an unlimited number of users. See: https://wizer-training.com/

Introduction to Cyber Security - FREE 8 Week Course

Introduction to cyber security: stay safe online - free 8 week course from The Open University, endorsed by the CPD Standards Office, so can be used as evidence of continuing professional development. See: www.open.edu/openlearn/science-maths-technology/introduction-cyber-security-stay-safe-online/content-section-overview?

Cybersecurity & GDPR Hub Facebook Group

Free to join knowledge sharing group promoting real world advice and GDPR good practice for both small businesses & individuals alike. See: https://www.facebook.com/groups/cybersec2020

FREE Online Cyber Security Training

SANS Cyber Aces Online is a course that teaches the core concepts needed to assess, and protect information security systems. The course was developed by SANS and is an engaging, self-paced, easy to use combination of tutorial and videos. It’s available as open courseware so you can take it anytime and it’s free. See: https://www.cyberaces.org/

FREE Work-From-Home IT Security Awareness Training Kit

The SANS Security Awareness Work-from-Home Deployment Kit includes everything you need to create a secure work-from-home workforce during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond.
Quickly train employees to work (and children to learn) from home safely and securely. The resources are a combination of SANS public resources and paid training materials, which have been released for free to support the community during this unique situation.

See: https://www.sans.org/security-awareness-training/sans-security-awareness-work-home-deployment-kit?

FREE Cybersecurity Webinars

The (ISC)² Secure Webinar series features over 232 FREE on-demand online events where regional industry experts, (ISC)² members and solution providers offer their thought leadership on a variety of topics to help today’s cyber security professionals tackle current threats and challenges. It's FREE to register as a non-member to watch. See: https://www.isc2.org/News-and-Events/Webinars/EMEA-Webinars

FREE Copy Of The Microsoft 74-409 Exam Study Guide

Veeam are offering a free copy of the study guide for the Microsoft 74-409 exam on Server Virtualization with Windows Server Hyper‑V and System Center by Orin Thomas. The guide covers each of the exam objectives. Read this study guide to learn how to create and configure virtual machine settings, virtual machine storage and virtual networks. You’ll also learn about:

- Hyper-V failover clustering
- Virtual machine movement
- Virtualization monitoring
- Disaster recovery

To download, see: https://go.veeam.com/microsoft-certification-exam-74-409

FREE Copy Of The Microsoft 70-410 Exam Study Guide

Netwrix are offering a free copy of the Microsoft 70-410 Exam Study Guide for System Administrators, by Brian Svidergol.

This Study Guide is written from an exam-developer point of view, describing the most effective study approach for both inexperienced and hands-on system administrators. Please note that this guide is meant to supplement other study materials and help you successfully pass the exam.

This guide will walk you through all of the exam sections:

• Installing and configuring servers
• Configuring server roles and features
• Configuring Hyper-V
• Deploying and configuring core network services
• And more…

See: https://try.netwrix.com/exam_guide_70-410_emea_n?

FREE Continual Professional Education (CPE) in Security

You do not need to be a certified CISSP security professional to benefit from the free Varonis Learn & Earn email series of on demand webinars, podcasts and privacy video tutorials. Every 2 weeks you get an email with a new Continual Professional Education (CPE) credit offering. If you are studying cybersecurity then it's definitely worth considering. To sign up see: https://info.varonis.com/cpe-courses-earn-while-you-learn

Know Your Data Protection Rights And Liabilities

The new digital world is regulated by the GDPR in the EU with less known several other regulations, like the ePrivacy, the PECR, Convention 108, the NIS, the eCommerce Directive, IP laws, etc. Datarainbow is a free resource site by Tara Taubman-Bassirian, LLM, a French Lawyer based in the UK, which aims to help individuals and organisations to know their rights and liabilities. See: http://datarainbow.eu/

FREE Copy Of The CISSP Study Guide

Netwrix are offering a free copy of The CISSP Study Guide, by Brian Svidergol, which  provides a solid foundation for anyone preparing to become a Certified Information Systems Security Professional. It contains materials to prepare you for all eight domains of the CISSP exam.

In the 93 page guide, you’ll find:
• An overview of the exam’s structure
• The key things you need to know in each domain
• Sample tests for each domain, with thorough explanations of the answers
• 27 additional resources to check out

See: https://try.netwrix.com/cissp_exam_study_guide_emea_n

FREE Managing Online Risks Training

The Hiscox CyberClear Academy is an online interactive suite of cyber security training modules included as part of their Cyber and data insurance policies. Hiscox are offering the first module of the CyberClear Academy 'Managing Online Risks' which covers phishing and social engineering, for free. The training is useful for both individuals and employees of small businesses. For more info, see: www.hiscox.co.uk/business-insurance/cyber-and-data-insurance/real-world-hack

A Practical Guide to Cyber Security for Small Businesses

Cybercrime is a massive 21st century problem and small businesses face a huge hurdle to effectively protect themselves and their customers, compared to larger firms. Budgets are tight and not fully understanding the risks means that gaps can easily be left. This practical guide acts like a pocket cyber security consultant, helping you build a layered cyber security strategy using a mixture of free and paid for services. Just because you are a small business, it doesn’t mean you need to be a victim of cybercrime.

To get a taste for the book, check out these blog posts:
▪ Is cybersecurity awareness training worth the bother?
▪ A Realistic View of Passwords
▪ Why I Won’t Phish My Own Staff
▪ Battling Software Update Fatigue
▪ 12 Free Security Steps for SMBs
▪ Fighting Back Against Cybercrime

Available as a paperback and eBook on Amazon, see: https://www.booleanlogical.com/cybersecurity-books/

FREE Cyber Security Skills for the Real World

Hacker Highschool (HHS) is collection free lesson books written for a teen audience. Lessons are produced ISECOM and translated into 12 languages. All lessons work with a free "live linux" CD and topics covered include: Being a Hacker, Essential Commands, Beneath the Internet, Playing With Daemons, System Identification, Hacking Malware, Attack Analysis, Forensics, Hacking Email, Web Security and Privacy, Hacking Passwords. See: http://www.hackerhighschool.org/lessons.html