Description
Finance Cyber Awareness: Defending Against Fraud and Disruption is designed to help finance professionals identify cyber risks, safeguard sensitive financial data, and strengthen fraud prevention practices. Through interactive learning, engaging videos, and knowledge checks, learners build practical security awareness skills relevant to their day-to-day responsibilities. The course is delivered in SCORM 1.2 format, enabling seamless integration with any compatible LMS.
Who Should Complete This Module:
Finance Managers, Financial Controllers, and employees responsible for:
- Authorising payments and funds transfers
- Managing supplier relationships and vendor accounts
- Approving invoices and purchase transactions
- Maintaining banking and payment information
- Supporting financial operations and reporting
- Ensuring business continuity for finance functions
Learning Objectives:
-
Recognise Business Email Compromise targeting finance
- Identify fraudulent bank detail change requests
- Detect red flags in fraudulent invoices
- Identify fraudulent requests impersonating executives
- Understand business continuity requirements for finance systems
Learning Outcomes:
After completing this module, staff will be able to:
- Apply dual control and out-of-band verification for payment requests
- Verify all bank detail changes through known, trusted contacts
- Recognise invoice fraud indicators and applies verification procedures
- Verify unusual executive requests through out-of-band channels
- Know backup and BCP procedures for finance system disruptions
Topics Covered:
- Business Email Compromise (BEC)
- Supplier Bank Detail Change Scams
- Invoice Fraud
- CEO Fraud
- Ransomware Impacting Finance Operations
Key Benefits:
- Provides finance-specific cyber security awareness
- Reinforces critical payment and approval controls
- Reduces exposure to financial fraud
- Strengthens verification and escalation behaviours
- Improves resilience during finance system disruptions
- Supports governance, risk, and compliance obligations
- Uses realistic scenarios that reflect daily finance responsibilities
Finance Managers, Financial Controllers, and employees responsible for:
- Authorising payments and funds transfers
- Managing supplier relationships and vendor accounts
- Approving invoices and purchase transactions
- Maintaining banking and payment information
- Supporting financial operations and reporting
- Ensuring business continuity for finance functions
-
Recognise Business Email Compromise targeting finance
- Identify fraudulent bank detail change requests
- Detect red flags in fraudulent invoices
- Identify fraudulent requests impersonating executives
- Understand business continuity requirements for finance systems
After completing this module, staff will be able to:
- Apply dual control and out-of-band verification for payment requests
- Verify all bank detail changes through known, trusted contacts
- Recognise invoice fraud indicators and applies verification procedures
- Verify unusual executive requests through out-of-band channels
- Know backup and BCP procedures for finance system disruptions
- Business Email Compromise (BEC)
- Supplier Bank Detail Change Scams
- Invoice Fraud
- CEO Fraud
- Ransomware Impacting Finance Operations
- Provides finance-specific cyber security awareness
- Reinforces critical payment and approval controls
- Reduces exposure to financial fraud
- Strengthens verification and escalation behaviours
- Improves resilience during finance system disruptions
- Supports governance, risk, and compliance obligations
- Uses realistic scenarios that reflect daily finance responsibilities