Bendigo Cybersecurity Awareness Roadmap Focuses on Next-Stage Training Expansions
Existing local programs from the City of Greater Bendigo and Bendigo and Adelaide Bank provide the base for continued development of scam avoidance resources.
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The City of Greater Bendigo is holding four free Cyber Resilience sessions delivered by IDCARE Australia to help residents, especially older residents, identify and avoid phone scams, text scams, and email scams.
Digital threats continue to shift in form and delivery method, making repeated community exposure to core prevention steps a practical requirement rather than a one-off exercise. Bendigo and Adelaide Bank has already updated its internal requirements around data risk management, phishing recognition, and safe working practices, showing how organisations adjust content when new tactics appear.
Local Programs Extend Reach
Bendigo and Adelaide Bank expanded its face-to-face Banking Safely Online education program to secondary schools in Bendigo after the original customer sessions proved popular. The same bank also lists seven beginner-level cyber security courses in Bendigo, Victoria, one of which incorporates a Basic Cyber Security Awareness component inside a Certificate III in Information Technology. These offerings sit alongside the four city-run sessions and create multiple entry points for different age groups and experience levels.
Measured Results Guide Further Work
More than 1,000 Bendigo Bank customers have attended the Banking Safely Online program since its launch in September 2023. That attendance figure supplies a concrete record of demand and supplies a reference point for planning additional sessions or updated materials. No new dates or product names have been announced yet, yet the pattern of adding schools and listing formal courses indicates the direction of travel.
Residents who want to stay ahead of changes can register for the four free IDCARE sessions through the City of Greater Bendigo or enrol in one of the seven listed beginner courses. Checking the bank’s listed online safety resources supplies another direct route to current materials while new elements are prepared.
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