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Free & Low-cost Awareness Training Resources

No budget for training? You don’t need to start from scratch. Sharing a simple video, or a blog post, can be an effective start. You can share via email or MS forms, SharePoint or create a Google Site. Other options include Adobe Express webpage or a simple recorded Powerpoint presentation.

 

Phishing Training
 

Try these free resources from the National Cybersecurity AllianceTechTarget, and The National Cyber Security Centre tutorial, Phishing Attacks: Defending Your Organization.

If your organization has a subscription to Microsoft Defender, check out the library of phishing and security trainings that comes with the license.


Cybersecurity 101 Training
 

LinkedIn Learning is available for free remote access in many public library systems. In the State of Washington, anyone with a library card can access its full library of courses without charge from home. WA residents can obtain a library card online, if they don't already have one. This can be a good option for basic cybersecurity 101 trainings. Curate a learning path and send your learners the links.

CISA Secure Our World free training resources created by a federal agency. Also check out the Federal Trade Commission's Cybersecurity Basics, including their Cybersecurity Basics Quiz.    

Public domain content from the National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST)

NIST Special Publication 800-50: Building an Information Technology Security Awareness  and Training Program

​Another free and well made option is Google's Phishing Quiz. It's a fun, browser-based interactive learning that lets you hover over suspicious links and explore simulated phishing emails  that impersonate Coca-cola and PayPal. The quiz walks you through how to spot the phishing signs for each.

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Latest Cyber Threat Information

Websites and newsletters provide current information about new kinds of attacks and ways to protect against them. If a vendor you use provides product notifications or has a security-related blog, subscribe to those to keep up to date on product updates and vulnerabilities. 

Daily or Weekly  

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) Cyber Threats and Advisories
https://www.cisa.gov/topics/cyber-threats-and-advisories

 

High Risk Communities
https://www.cisa.gov/audiences/high-risk-communities

Bleeping Computer
 

Hacker News
 

CIO
 

CSO

Google Threat Intelligence

Microsoft Threat Intelligence Blog


Annual

Big software companies with millions of customers compile insights on trends broken down by sector, region, and type of attack into free annual threat reports that are widely read by cybersecurity professionals. 

 

IBM Cost of a Data Breach Report 2025 (Annual)

Crowdstrike 2025 Global Threat Report (Annual)

Microsoft Digital Defense Report (Annual)

2024 Cisco Cybersecurity Readiness Index (Annual)

Google Cybersecurity Forecast 2024 Report

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Other Resources

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