Cyber Security for HR & Recruitment
HR, people operations and recruitment teams spot the malicious job application and the fraudulent candidate, stop payroll fraud, and handle personnel and background-check data safely. In 45 minutes and four assessed units, they learn the threats that target HR specifically, their data protection duties in practice, and safe habits for everyday hiring and payroll work.
- Easy-to-follow course
- 4 quizzes at 80% in every course
- Narration and captions on every screen
- Written and fact-checked in 2026
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One licence for your LMS, 12 months, for the learners you buy for, delivered as one SCORM package. Priced per learner, with volume discounts.
What your team will learn
Upon course completion, employees will gain a full and clear understanding of:
- Why HR and recruitment hold some of the organisation's most sensitive data
- How to recognise malicious job applications, fraudulent candidates and payroll fraud
- Your specific data protection duties for personnel, background-check and special category data
- Why onboarding and offboarding access control is a security control, not just admin
- How to build verification habits into payroll, hiring and vendor decisions
- How to work confidently with IT and security colleagues on access and incidents
Who it is for
Written for hr. No technical background is needed, and nothing in it assumes a previous course.
This course from Blocknorth gives HR, people operations and recruitment professionals a clear, practical understanding of the cyber security risks that specifically target their work. No technical background is needed: you will learn to spot malicious job applications and fraudulent candidates, stop payroll fraud, handle personnel and background-check data safely, and build safe verification habits into hiring, payroll and everyday HR workflow.
Course contents
4 units. Each ends with a 10-question quiz; 8 correct unlocks the next unit.
HR and Recruitment: A Different Kind of Target
- What a single personnel and candidate file actually contains, including special category data
- Why HR and recruitment data is especially valuable to an attacker
- HR's role as a data controller in practice
- The wide, semi-public attack surface recruitment creates by design
The Threats That Target HR and Recruitment
- Malicious CVs and portfolios, including a 2025 case targeting recruiters directly
- Fraudulent candidates and remote-worker schemes, including a 2025 case study
- Payroll fraud and how it differs from vendor invoice scams
- Recruitment-specific social engineering: the fake recruiter and the fake candidate
Your Data Protection Duties in Practice
- The extra rules for special category and criminal record/DBS data
- Right to work checks and the current £45,000/£60,000 civil penalty rates
- Access control inside HR, and at onboarding
- Why offboarding access removal is a security control, with a real case study
Safe Habits for Everyday HR and Recruitment
- A verification habit for any bank-detail or payroll change request
- Practical habits for verifying candidates and handling CVs safely
- Vetting the agencies and vendors you work with
- A personal and team checklist bringing the course together
Details
| Length | About 45 minutes, self-paced, resumes where the learner left off |
|---|---|
| Format | SCORM 1.2 package. Runs in any conformant LMS (Moodle, Cornerstone, Docebo, SAP SuccessFactors, TalentLMS and others) |
| Assessment | 4 unit quizzes, 10 questions each, 80% to pass. Score and completion reported to your LMS |
| Accessibility | Optional narration and captions on every screen, keyboard navigation, responsive on PC and tablet |
| Language | UK English |
| Publisher | Blocknorth |
| Written and fact-checked | In 2026, reviewed each quarter |
What a licence includes
One licence for your LMS, 12 months, for the learners you buy for, delivered as one SCORM package. Priced per learner, with volume discounts.
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Will it run in our LMS?
Yes, if your LMS supports SCORM 1.2, which almost every LMS does. You upload one zip file, assign it, and completions and scores report back automatically. We confirm compatibility for your platform before you buy, and the free sample package lets you test it in place.
Can we try it before we buy?
Yes. Ask for the free sample package and you will have Unit 1 of a foundation course as a real SCORM 1.2 file, so you can check it runs in your own LMS. Request it with the form below and you will have it within 1 working day.
What do we receive?
The SCORM package, a one-page quick-start for your LMS administrator, the course listing sheet for your catalogue, and preview images. Updates to the course during your licence are supplied at no charge.
How does a licence work?
You licence the course for the learners you buy for, for 12 months, on your own LMS, and you receive one SCORM package. Pricing is per learner with volume discounts as your numbers grow, and we licence from ten learners upwards.
Where teams go next
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