A business can benefit from AI while still being exposed to phishing, weak authentication and accidental data disclosure.
Why combine cybersecurity and AI training?
Staff increasingly use AI assistants to draft, summarise and research. The same people also handle email, payments and customer records. Training both subjects together gives teams a consistent approach to verifying information, managing access and reporting mistakes.
What should employees learn?
Employees should recognise suspicious messages, use MFA, follow payment-verification procedures and know which AI tools are approved. Practical exercises can show how to check an AI-generated answer and how to remove sensitive information from a prompt.
What does the full-day course include?
The morning covers cyber threats, phishing, passwords, MFA, data protection and practical exercises. The afternoon introduces ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot and Gemini, followed by prompting, automation, responsible use and hands-on exercises.
What should businesses do afterwards?
Agree approved tools, set data-handling rules, assign an owner for AI usage and review existing security controls. Record follow-up actions and revisit the policy as tools and working practices change.
Book cybersecurity and AI training
Learn these skills with Matthew Southgate in our combined full-day course. View and book upcoming training events, or register interest in the online training course.