Protecting Data When Home Working in Ireland

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Protecting Data when Home Working Remote work brings flexibility—but also new risks to your data security. Our training provides your team with the knowledge to protect sensitive information, comply with data laws, and safeguard your organisation's reputation while working from home.

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Overview

Safeguarding Sensitive Information is no Longer Confined to Office Walls

With the rise of remote working in Ireland, safeguarding sensitive information is no longer confined to office walls - what are you doing to protect your employees, customers, and reputation? Compliance with data protection laws for remote workers is critical in mitigating risks and maintaining trust. This is why Legal Island has created a concise, 30-minute course designed to protect you and your Irish organisation effectively.

Data breaches in organisations are often accidental and stem from employee error or a lack of awareness. The shift to remote working has amplified our reliance on technology for communication and collaboration, creating new vulnerabilities that can compromise your business's security and reputation.

What's Included

What's Included: Protecting Data when Home Working

This Protecting Data when Home Working course will help your employees understand the essential elements of protecting data when they work outside the office. It is important that your employees are at the centre of driving a privacy culture across the organisation to ensure protection and compliance.

This course was designed by a team of cyber security experts specifically for organisations in Irleand who have employees working from home (or remotely).

Topics covered include:

Why data protection is important
The law relating to data protection
What is cyber security
How to protect your organisation from a cyber attack
What to do if you discover a data breach

Should you have a particular need to brand or tailor any of our courses to your specific requirements, that is no problem at all. We offer a full bespoke service in-house. If you have any questions or queries, please feel free to contact our eLearning Client Executive Glen Bell - glen@legal-island.com

Importance of Training

Why Is Data Protection Training Important for Home Workers?

Remote working introduces unique challenges for data security. Unlike a controlled office environment, home offices or public spaces often lack robust cybersecurity measures. Employees working from home may unknowingly expose sensitive data by:

Using unsecured Wi-Fi networks
Falling victim to phishing or ransomware attacks
Failing to safeguard physical documents or devices

According to a recent article by Irish Tech News ‘91% of attacks launch with a phishing email’. This underscores the urgency of equipping your team with the knowledge and skills to protect both themselves and your organisation.

Making the move at short notice from your trusted office environment to homeworking can create security risks, making homeworkers susceptible to falling for scams such as phishing emails.

Who Needs this Training

Who needs Protecting Data when Home Working training?

It is vital that all employees who work from home (or remotely) in Ireland know how to protect your organisation from cyber attacks and understand their obligation under data protection legislation to protect the data they handle against:

Unauthorised and unlawful processing
Accidental loss
Destruction
Damage

Course Duration

How long does this course take?

This online training course will take no longer than 30 minutes to complete including an assessment. Each member of staff will receive their own personalised certificate upon successful completion.

Key Statistics

Why learn with Legal Island?

We take huge pride in the training we deliver across Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. Our key statistics show:

97%

of users said they found the courses beneficial for their organisation

96%

of users said they found the courses convenient and easy to use

96%

of users said their knowledge of the compliance topic area improved

96%

of users said they would recommend our eLearning courses to other organisations

750,000+

hours of training and course content delivered

200,000+

employees across the island of Ireland have now benefitted from our services

FAQs

Got a question about Protecting Data when Home Working?

Chances are at this stage you have a couple questions. If you can’t find your answer below, we encourage you to ask questions directly and you can call us anytime.

Who should participate in data protection training?

What is the duration of this data protection course for employees in Ireland?

When should data protection training be provided to all staff?

Can this course be customised?

How much does this all-staff training cost?

Is this training content tailored specifically to legislation and guidance in Ireland?

How is the training delivered?

Is this course instructor-led or self-paced?

How can I purchase an eLearning course for my staff and get them set up?

I have a workforce across different areas of the UK and Ireland, can you provide training for all of them?

Are certificates provided at the end of the course?

Can I monitor staff activity and completion rates?

What are the benefits of Legal Island’s eLearning training for your organisation?

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We help many of Ireland's leading organisations with their training requirements.

"The comprehensive and easily accessible eLearning courses from Legal Island enabled our organisation to deliver consistent and standardised training across the company. This uniformity enhanced operational efficiency and boosts our employee productivity, as staff members have a clear understanding of policies, procedures, and best practices in various compliance topic areas."

Kellie Whelan HR, Greyhound Racing Ireland

"I was very impressed with the content and quality of the courses, this is exactly what we had hoped for. The courses covered all key areas in a straightforward and understandable manner."

Keith Manson IT Systems & Operations Manager

"Legal Island's eLearning courses have provided our organisation with comprehensive training on various legal and regulatory topics. By ensuring staff members are well-informed and up to date on compliance requirements, this meant that we could minimise the risk of legal issues whilst promoting a culture of compliance within the workforce."

Gillian Loughran Operations and People Management Director, Sixt

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Bernard Delany Director, Human Resources and Organisational Development

"During the unprecedented time of Covid, Legal Island's eLearning training courses enabled us to provide key compliance training to our staff who were and remain working from home."

Jacqueline Manning HR Manager, CPAS

"We wanted to upskill our people managers for managing in the remote environment, and Legal Island's eLearning met all our objectives. Completing the course via eLearning meant our employees could allocate a time that suited them, to complete the training. Legal Island managed the administration, making the process seamless for us."

Imelda Flattery HR Manager, Engineers Ireland

"This eLearning training course was exactly what we needed to ensure our commitment to the Health and Safety of our staff. The training was easy to set up and gave us peace of mind knowing staff are fully informed in advance of returning to work."

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