10 min Free
Spot the Phishing Email
Learn to check the sender, links, urgency and attachments in an email, so you can spot phishing before you click — and know how to report it. About 10 minutes.
10 min · beginner · certificate
Cyber & Digital Safety
Cyber safety short courses: phishing, scams and passwords
Stop the scam before you click, pay or share.
- MicroQuests
- 5
- Free
- 2
- Learning in total
- 1.3h
- Paid from
- R19
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Most attacks start with a message. These MicroQuests train you to spot a phishing email and a WhatsApp scam, build passwords that hold, keep private data out of AI tools, and cover the cybersecurity basics every employee needs.
The phishing and WhatsApp scam MicroQuests are free — good first steps for a whole team.
All Cyber & Digital Safety MicroQuests
10 min Free
WhatsApp Scam Awareness
Learn how scammers hijack WhatsApp accounts, spot "new number" and fake job or investment messages, and lock your account with two-step verification — in about 10 minutes.
10 min · beginner · certificate
15 min R19
AI Privacy Essentials
Use AI tools without leaking personal information, client data, passwords or confidential work. Learn what never to paste, how POPIA applies and how to use AI safely at work — about 15 minutes.
15 min · beginner · certificate
15 min R19
Password Safety Essentials
Create strong passphrases, use a unique password for every account, let a password manager do the remembering and add two-factor authentication — in about 15 minutes.
15 min · beginner · certificate
25 min R29
Cybersecurity Essentials
The everyday habits that keep you and your workplace safe online: updates, phishing, passwords, public Wi-Fi, device locks, backups and reporting incidents — in about 25 minutes.
25 min · beginner · certificate
For employers, schools and training providers
Train a whole team, one short step at a time
Toolbox talks, inductions, refreshers and revision that people finish, because each one fits in a tea break and runs on the phone they already carry.
Need a topic we don't have? Request it. The topics people ask for most are the ones we write next.
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Give MicroQuests or credits
Your people get a WhatsApp message or an email link and learn on their own phones. No logins to manage.
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Pin a QR poster
Print an A4 poster for the canteen, staffroom or site office. A scan opens the MicroQuest.
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Verifiable certificates
Every completion has a numbered certificate you can check online, which is useful for toolbox talks and inductions.
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Your own MicroQuests
skillSYMS clients publish their own MicroQuests (policies, site rules, product knowledge) for their own people.
Cyber & Digital Safety: questions
How much do the Cyber & Digital Safety MicroQuests cost?
2 of the 5 are free. The others cost R19 or R29 each, paid securely online or with learning credits. If you don’t pass the challenge, you try again at no extra cost.
How long does each one take?
Between 10 and 25 minutes. Your progress is saved after every step, so you can stop and carry on later on the same or another device.
Where do I do them?
In your browser at skillsyms.com/learn, in the skillSYMS app, or on WhatsApp — the same MicroQuest, the same progress and the same certificate. There is nothing to install for the browser or WhatsApp.
Do I get a certificate?
Yes. Pass the final challenge and you receive a PDF certificate of completion with a unique number and a QR code anyone can scan to verify it. MicroQuests are informal learning: the certificate is not an accredited qualification or SETA/QCTO credits, and it says so.
Can I buy these for my team or learners?
Yes. Employers, schools and training providers can give MicroQuests or learning credits to their people, who then learn on their own phones. Contact us and we will set it up with you.