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About our course

Our online course Cyber Risk in the Property Industry contains essential cyber risk education in a language participants can understand.

The course is suitable for both business owners and employees, and provides up-to-the-minute education about cyber risk and email fraud, including scams aimed at people working remotely. The course appeals to all participants by avoiding jargon while incorporating relatable scenarios through a thoughtful, logical structure. 

Course duration 60 minutes (approx.). 

Our standard T&Cs provide access for 28 days providing ample time to complete the course.

What you will learn

Our unique and up-to-the-minute course focuses on professional duties using real-life case studies. You'll learn that:

  • Managing cyber risk is a professional issue

  • Why cyber risk is everyone’s responsibility in a business

  • How cyber events and human error occur

  • Practical steps to protect yourself, your business and your clients

Course structure

  • Our interactive course is divided into ten concise chapters that you can work through at your own pace.

  • It contains 60 minutes of video content, broken into shorter videos of around five minutes each.

  • There are four short quizzes to reinforce learnings as you progress through the course.

  • Participants must pass all the quizzes to receive a certificate of completion.

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Law & Cyber’s online courses have been endorsed or distributed by PEXA, the Legal Practitioners' Liability Committee, Lawcover, the Law Society of South Australia and the Australian Institute of Conveyancers in NSW, WA and Victoria. Nearly 7,000 business professionals have completed our online training courses, with 98% of participants surveyed saying the course increased their understanding of cyber risk.

What our participants are saying:

  • “It's great that CPD is not just about the law anymore but more about how current events affect practice.”

  • “…all lawyers [should] have to do this as part of renewing practising certificate.”

  • “As a member of support staff, it was an excellent course and should be mandatory for all law firm employees.”

“There is no silver bullet when it comes to mitigating cyber risk, as you will find out when you do the course. But this course will give you a strong foundation to start building good cyber hygiene practices into your business, and perhaps even your personal life.”

David Willett - Chief Information Security Officer, PEXA

Your instructor

Simone Herbert-Lowe, Director

Simone is the legal practitioner director of Law & Cyber which provides risk management education about cyber events and email fraud and which also provides legal advice to businesses impacted by cyber events. She has 30 years of experience as a lawyer including 20 years managing legal claims against professionals. She is the author of numerous articles on professional responsibility, particularly in relation to cyber risk, and she has given written expert opinion in legal proceedings involving allegations of email-enabled fraud. In 2022 Simone was named Innovator of the Year (Individual) at the Lawyers' Weekly Women in Law Awards. She is passionate about protecting Australians from cyber-crime and helping businesses to build a cyber-aware culture.
Learn more about Simone here

Course curriculum

  • 1

    Chapter 01: Welcome

    • Using the course player

    • Introduction: Cyber Risk In the Property Industry
  • 2

    Chapter 02: Cybercrime impacting businesses today

    • Why your business is at risk
  • 3

    Chapter 03: Impersonation fraud

    • Impersonation fraud

    • Check in
  • 4

    Chapter 04: Phishing

    • Phishing - Introduction

    • How to recognise phishing emails

    • Check in

  • 5

    Chapter 05: Breached passwords and weak log-in credentials

    • Securing your log-in credentials

    • Check in
  • 6

    Chapter 06: Use of email to compromise other accounts

    • How email can be used to access other accounts
  • 7

    Chapter 07: Data theft and identity fraud

    • Data theft and identity fraud
  • 8

    Chapter 08: Malicious software including ransomware

    • Malicious software including ransomware

    • Can you spot a phishing message? Take this short quiz on the ACSC website (Optional content)
  • 9

    Chapter 09: Human error

    • Human error and data breaches

    • Check in

  • 10

    Chapter 10: Summary

    • Video summary

    • One minute survey - help us provide the education the property sector needs
  • 11

    About L & C

    • Author and Presenter

    • Our Education Portfolio
  • 12

    Legals

    • Copyright notice

Read our frequently asked questions for property via our website

Help build a cyber aware culture in your organisation

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