Resources
Australia’s national cyber security advice, in one place
We teach with the nation’s trusted resources
Our training draws on guidance from the Australian Signals Directorate’s Australian Cyber Security Centre (ASD’s ACSC), the Commonwealth’s authority on cyber security, and from the eSafety Commissioner, Australia’s independent regulator for online safety and the first of its kind in the world. Between them they cover the ground from patching a laptop to keeping a five-year-old safe on a tablet.
Everything below links straight through to the source, on cyber.gov.au and esafety.gov.au.
Linked material is © Commonwealth of Australia (ASD’s ACSC and the eSafety Commissioner), published at cyber.gov.au and esafety.gov.au. Cyber L33T is an independent training provider and is not affiliated with, or endorsed by, the ASD, the ACSC or the eSafety Commissioner.
Start with the six basics
The ACSC’s practical ways to protect yourself online. If you only ever do the first three, you have already shut down most of what we see in the wild.
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Update your devices
Updates close the holes attackers already know about. Turn automatic updates on once and stop thinking about it.
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Back up your data
A current backup turns ransomware from a disaster into an inconvenience, as long as you have tested that you can actually restore it.
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Turn on multi-factor authentication
The highest-value single change most people can make. A stolen password on its own stops being enough to get in.
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Use secure passphrases
Long and memorable beats short and cryptic. Four random words outlast anything with a dollar sign swapped in for an S.
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Recognise and report scams
The pressure tactics behind phishing are always the same three or four. Learn them once, and where to report what lands in your inbox.
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Know the threats
Ransomware, business email compromise, identity theft: what each one actually looks like in practice, in plain English.
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Level up your everyday habits
Smaller changes that compound. These all open the ACSC’s tips section.
- Think about what you post online (opens in a new tab)
- Get alerts on new cyber threats (opens in a new tab)
- Talk about cyber security with family and friends (opens in a new tab)
- Avoid public Wi-Fi for banking and shopping (opens in a new tab)
- Report cyber attacks and incidents (opens in a new tab)
- Check a sender’s name against their email address (opens in a new tab)
Top tips for cyber security poster
The ACSC’s free one-page A4 poster. Print it for the office kitchen, the staff room, or the fridge at home. It is the fastest awareness win there is.
Download the poster (PDF) (opens in a new tab)More from the ACSC
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Quiz library
Short quizzes to find out where your habits actually stand, rather than where you assume they do.
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Cyber security glossary
Plain-English definitions for the jargon that gets thrown around in briefings and breach notifications.
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Alerts and advisories
Current threats affecting Australians, published by the ACSC as they emerge.
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Report a cyber incident
ReportCyber is the official channel for reporting an attack, scam or breach in Australia.
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Online safety, by who you are teaching
The eSafety Commissioner’s material is free, age-appropriate and built for classrooms and kitchen tables, which makes it the natural companion to the ACSC guidance above. We use it across the training we run for families and schools.
Early years
Under-fives are online before they can read. These set the ground rules for services and for home.
- Early Years program (opens in a new tab)
- Checklist for early learning services (opens in a new tab)
- Online safety for children under 5 (opens in a new tab)
- Professional learning for early years staff (opens in a new tab)
Parents and carers
Practical answers to the questions that actually come up at home, plus free live sessions you can join.
- The parents hub (opens in a new tab)
- Online safety guide by age (opens in a new tab)
- The big issues, from screen time to grooming (opens in a new tab)
- Free webinars for parents and carers (opens in a new tab)
Young people and teenagers
Written for young people rather than about them, including what to do when something has already gone wrong.
- The young people hub (opens in a new tab)
- Dealing with cyberbullying (opens in a new tab)
- Social media age restrictions explained (opens in a new tab)
- Report cyberbullying or image-based abuse (opens in a new tab)
Educators and schools
Lesson-ready material, a whole-school framework, and accredited professional learning for staff.
- The education hub (opens in a new tab)
- Classroom resources and lesson plans (opens in a new tab)
- Toolkit for Schools (opens in a new tab)
- Best Practice Framework for online safety education (opens in a new tab)
- Professional learning for educators (opens in a new tab)
- Webinars for schools (opens in a new tab)