The analysis of results and key takeaways emerged from our international assessment of cyber-threats for micro-, small and medium-sized enterprises in the EU highlighted four critical areas of interest for the cyber-empowerment, upskilling and IT-readiness of EU MSMEs:
Based on the above, and following internal brainstorming among partners on how to tackle these specific focuses, the Cyber MSMEs project proposes its own education and training curricula on the very essentials of cyber-readiness for MSMEs. The education framework is designed as follows:
| Traning modules & educational contents | Responsible Partner |
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ICT Tools to prevent and recognize Cyber Risk in the Digital World Basics of Cybersecurity. Comprehending the Fundamental Rules of Cybersecurity |
Internet Web Solutions, IWS (Spain) |
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European landscape of cybersecurity: policies and support strategies DigComp 2.1 for cyber-awareness |
Institut de Haute Formation aux Politiques Communautaires, IHF (Belgium) |
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Coping with uncertainty, ambiguity & risk in a cyber-environment: EntreComp for Cyber-MSME Managerial models to monitor, evaluate and assess cyber-readiness |
IDP European Consultants, IDP (Italy) |
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Understand security to keep cyber threats away in your SME Ethical hacking - in times of cybernetic attacks and digital threats |
Gentlab (Romania) |
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Social engineering - users are the weakest link Human-centred Design vs. Company priorities – shortening the path of reporting bugs for the user as a benefit for the company's security Crisis management - they hacked me, what next? Fundamentals of privacy in the network, VPN, TOR - overview, application, threats Additional materials – toolkits: Improve your cybersecurity management plan — best practices How to recognize credible URLs? Guidelines Your inventory list. Template Essential router security tips. Enhance your network security with few basic steps Cybersecurity on a budget. How to protect your business when every cent counts |
Customized Training Solutions, CTS; Center for Social and Economic Research, CASE (Poland) |
All material is available for free, in opens access and in multilanguage version (EN, PL, ES, IT, RO) by consulting out official Open Education Resource Platform.
