Cyber Training and Skills Content Repository
This repository, put together by techUK and the Department for Digital, Culture Media and Sport, identifies a range of free to access online cyber security training courses and wider skills content, which are freely accessible for all UK citizens.
These courses cover a wide range of topics and experience levels and are aimed at those looking to enter a cyber security career or those already in the industry seeking to develop their skill set. During this period of COVID-19 disruption, it is hoped that the repository can support anyone looking to upskill, who might be looking to change career or someone just looking to improve awareness or understanding around cyber security.
Using the Repository
- All courses are free to access online for at least 90 days.
- The courses and materials detailed below have not been centrally vetted by either techUK or DCMS and is provided by individual organisations.
- We have sought to categorise by skills level based entirely on the third-party providers own descriptions. There are three levels, Basic, Intermediate and Advanced.
- This is by no means an exhaustive list, and the intention is to continuous update and improve the repository regularly.
Government and industry will continue to work together through the Cyber Growth Partnership, alongside the UK Cyber Security Council, to ensure increasing numbers of individuals can access potential cyber security opportunities and careers. Through this we will also be exploring how the cyber security industry can support those whose jobs and careers have been affected by COVID-19.
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Training Material |
Provider |
Training Material Type |
Difficulty |
Summary |
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Qufaro |
Formal Education |
Basic |
An Extended Project Qualification in Cyber Security. |
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Open University |
Formal Education |
Basic |
This course helps you understand your risk profile and protect yourself. |
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Coursera |
Formal Education |
Basic/Intermediate/Advanced |
Coursera is an online learning platform with cyber courses from many world class institutions |
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HM Govt |
Extra-curricular educational tool |
Basic |
Cyber Discovery is a free extracurricular programme to get teenagers interested in cyber security |
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CompTIA |
Re-training / extra curricula |
Basic/Intermediate |
A 30 day course covering many areas of IT |
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Cisco |
Training |
Basic |
A 15 hour course introducing broad topics in cyber security. |
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Morten Consultancy |
Training |
Basic/Intermediate |
Module based course for professionals. |
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CyberBit |
Training |
Intermediate/Advanced |
Free cybersecurity training to help organisations maintain training continuity for security teams. |
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| Hacker Lab | Informer | Training | Basic / Intermediate / Advanced | Technical guides for bug bounties and walkthroughs of CTFs for improving hacking skills. |
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Elastic |
Training |
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Free on demand courses on observability, security and elastic stack |
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Hacker101 |
Training |
Intermediate |
Hacker101 is a free class for web security |
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Heimdal |
Training / informative blogs |
Basic / Intermediate |
Heimdal run two cyber courses including a Cyber Security for Beginners course and a Cyber Security for Small Business Owners course |
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Eset |
Training |
Basic |
Free online Cybersecurity Awareness training |
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| SANS Institute | Training | Basic / Intermediate / Advanced | SANS instructors produce thousands of free content-rich resources for the information security community. | |
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Fortinet |
Training |
Advanced |
Awareness training for teleworkers, technical training for IT professionals. |
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ITProTV |
Training |
Basic / Intermediate |
65hrs of IT training including fundamentals and a daily live stream. |
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IBM |
Training / informative blogs |
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This site provides free technical training for IBM Security products |
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M.E. Kabay |
Training |
All |
Free industry materials on cyber security |
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Microsoft |
Training |
Advanced |
Training on a collection of security learnings, principles and recommendations for modernising security |
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Roppers Academy |
Training |
Basic |
Free courses that provide training to beginners in the security field. |
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Springboard |
Training |
Basic |
A free curriculum to build a strong foundation in Cyber security |
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6dg |
Informative Videos and Blogs |
Intermediate |
A series of ‘Cyber Clinics’ where experts discuss cyber issues. |
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CGI |
Informative videos and blogs |
Advanced |
A number of blogs, whitepapers and videos to teach you how to manage security vulnerable |
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EC-Council |
Informative videos and blogs |
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Multiple webinars, blogs and online training videos on a host of cyber topics |
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Get Safe Online |
Informative blogs |
Basic |
Get Safe Online is the UKs leading source of easy to understand information on online safety. |
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Think Cyber |
Informative Blogs |
Basic |
A number of working from home securely stories for businesses, that are pushed directly out to staff devices. |
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| Towergate Insurance | Informative Blogs | Basic / Intermediate | A resource for SMEs on understanding the potential impacts and risk associated with cyber attacks and advice on how to manage the risk. | |
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Kaspersky |
Informative blogs and videos |
Basic / Intermediate / Advanced |
Blogs and videos on how to work securely anywhere. |
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Stanford University |
Informative Videos |
Basic / Intermediate |
A number of free seminars from Stanford University |
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CREST |
Informative Videos |
Basic / Intermediate / Advanced |
CREST's YouTube Channel provides a range of technical information security presentations and webinars with professionals in the industry. |
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Splunk |
COVID-19 tools |
Advanced |
A series of datasets on COVID-19 |
Information Resources
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Cybrary |
Information Resource |
Basic/Intermediate/Advanced |
An online library of IT and cybersecurity materials |
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University of Bristol |
Information Resource |
Basic / Intermediate /Advanced |
A comprehensive body of knowledge to inform and underpin education and training in cyber security. |
Additional resources:
- The National Cyber Security Centre Certified Training scheme provides a benchmark for cyber security training by assuring the quality of both content and its delivery. These courses are rigorously quality assessed against exacting standards.
- The government Skills Toolkit offers training courses in wider digital and numeracy skills. A range of courses are available for citizens across the country.
- Cyber Aware is the UK government's advice on how to stay secure online during coronavirus. Many of us are spending more time online. Keep yourself and your family secure by following the advice.
If you have a free resource you would like included in the repository, please contact techUK’s programme manager for Defence and Cyber, Sam Wyatt at [email protected].
