We’re proud to share that Cyber Rebels is now an officially Approved CPD Provider with The CPD Group, one of the UK’s leading organisations for Continuing Professional Development accreditation. This recognition formally acknowledges the standard of our cybersecurity training and confirms that our sessions can now contribute towards recognised CPD hours across multiple industries.
More importantly, this approval reflects how we’ve approached training from the beginning. It’s not simply about adding another badge to the website; it’s recognition of the care, structure, and intent behind how we design and deliver learning that actually changes behaviour.
Why Cyber Rebels Exists
Cyber Rebels was created because we kept seeing the same pattern repeat across businesses, schools, charities, and public-sector organisations. Cyber incidents were being blamed on people, yet the training they’d received was often generic, compliance-driven, or so technical that it failed to connect with how they actually worked day to day.
The issue was rarely a lack of care or effort. More often, it was that the training didn’t feel relevant, practical, or grounded in real-world decisions. Too much cybersecurity education focuses on rules and fear rather than understanding, confidence, and context.
From the outset, our mission has been to change that by delivering cybersecurity training that is human-first, practical, and accessible. We focus on how people think under pressure, the mistakes attackers exploit, and the everyday decisions that quietly shape an organisation’s security posture. CPD approval doesn’t change that mission, but it does formally recognise the quality and effectiveness of that approach.
Why CPD Approval Matters in Practice
Cybersecurity threats continue to evolve, and regulatory expectations are becoming more demanding, particularly in professional and regulated sectors. At the same time, meaningful professional development has to go beyond passive, tick-box learning if it’s going to be taken seriously.
CPD approval means our training is now officially recognised as structured, high-quality learning that supports both organisational resilience and individual professional development. It reinforces the idea that cybersecurity awareness is not just a mandatory requirement, but a legitimate professional skill that contributes to accountability, confidence, and career progression.
For organisations, this means investing in training that protects the business while also supporting staff development. For employees, it means their time and effort are recognised as part of their ongoing professional growth rather than treated as another compliance task.
What CPD Approval Says About Our Training
Becoming an Approved CPD Provider required us to demonstrate that our training is current, evidence-based, and designed around clear learning outcomes. It also required us to show that we deliver consistently high-quality sessions, whether training is delivered online or in person.
This aligns closely with how Cyber Rebels already operates. Our sessions are live and interactive, built around realistic scenarios rather than abstract theory, and delivered in plain English without unnecessary jargon. We focus on helping people understand why risks exist, how attackers exploit human behaviour, and what safer decisions look like in real working environments.
Rather than relying on fear or technical overload, our approach builds confidence and clarity. People leave our sessions understanding not just what to do, but why it matters.
What’s Changing — And What Isn’t
We’re now rolling out CPD-certified versions of our core training sessions, including Cyber Security 101 workshops, quick two-hour cyber awareness sessions for busy teams, and half-day and full-day workshops that explore real-world threat scenarios in more depth.
What isn’t changing is how we teach. The language remains accessible, the delivery remains human, and the focus remains firmly on behaviour, understanding, and practical decision-making. CPD approval hasn’t altered the content or tone of our training; it simply recognises the standard at which it has always been delivered.
A Meaningful Step Forward
For us, CPD approval isn’t about prestige or box-ticking. It’s about alignment between professional development and real-world security outcomes. It supports our belief that effective cybersecurity training should respect people’s time, intelligence, and lived experience while helping organisations build genuine resilience.
We’re proud of this milestone because it confirms we’re building training that is not only effective, but professionally credible and sustainable over the long term.
Looking for CPD-Certified Cybersecurity Training?
If you’re looking to upskill your team, support compliance, or invest in professional development that genuinely improves security awareness, we’d be happy to talk through the options.
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Director of Training and Development, Cyber Rebels.
Andy Longhurst is the founder of Cyber Rebels and a cybersecurity practitioner and educator focused on how risk actually shows up in real organisations. His work sits at the intersection of digital safety, education, and practical risk management — helping teams understand not just what policies say, but what happens in the moments where decisions are made under pressure.
With a background spanning adult education, web development, and technical consultancy, Andy specialises in translating complex security concepts into clear, usable understanding. Rather than focusing solely on tools or compliance frameworks, his approach centres on human behaviour, judgement, and the systems that shape everyday choices.
He delivers live, interactive cyber awareness training for organisations of all sizes, from small businesses and education providers to public-sector teams and larger organisations operating in complex risk environments.
Outside of delivery, Andy spends his time analysing emerging attack patterns, refining training design, and exploring how organisations can build resilience that holds up in the real world — usually with a strategically sized cup of tea close to hand.
