What are the Core Compliance Courses?
The Core Compliance Training Courses offered by GRC Essentials are the cornerstone of compliance regulations. They are:
- Privacy Obligations 2025 – 26
- Breach and Incident Reporting 2025 – 26
- Cyber Security Essentials 2025 – 26
- Anti-Money Laundering and Counter Terrorism Financing (AML/CTF) 2025 – 26
- Internal Dispute Resolution 2025-26
These courses provide a clear overview of the obligations of an AFSL and their representatives. They are revised and updated annually to reflect the constantly evolving sphere of financial services.
Updates to the Courses
Each course has been updated to encompass new scenarios, quizzes, videos, interactive activities, as well as content updates. Specifically, each course has had the following updates implemented:
- Privacy Obligations 2025 – 26 – https://training.grcessentials.com.au/view_course/151
The Privacy Obligations course now incorporates the updates created by the 2024 Privacy and Other Amendments Act and Digital ID Act. These include the Cyber Privacy Principles, which introduce privacy cyber safeguarding principles that are to be implemented in conjunction with the already establish Australian Privacy Principles (APP).
Furthermore, the implications involved with the disclosure of use of Document Verification Services (DVS) and Automated Decision-Making (ADM) technologies, are explored in detail as well.
- Breach and Incident Reporting 2025 – 26 – https://training.grcessentials.com.au/view_course/150
The Breach and Incident Reporting course includes the new regulations around ASIC’s reportable situation reporting, the opportunities to group report, and the assessment of “significant” breaches.
- Cyber Security Essentials 2025 – 26 – https://training.grcessentials.com.au/view_course/149
The Cyber Security Essentials course also includes the implications of privacy, touching on the additional risks associated with Artificial Intelligence (AI), and how an AFSL can further its cyber security safeguards to ensure maximum protection for client information and business activity.
- Anti-Money Laundering and Counter Terrorism Financing (AML/CTF) 2025 – 26 – https://training.grcessentials.com.au/view_course/148
The AML/CTF course includes the upcoming, March 2026, changes to the documentation and implementation of the AML/CTF Program, with the dual parts moving to a single-part assessments of risks related to money laundering, terrorism financing, and proliferation financing.
- Internal Dispute Resolution 2025-26 – https://training.grcessentials.com.au/view_course/152
The Dispute Resolution course has been updated to include the ASIC IDR Reporting Requirements and provides a clear image of how effective dispute resolution processes mitigate incident and breach risks.
Impact of Changes
These changes to the courses will assist AFSLs and their representatives in having a clear understanding of the compliance obligations of maintaining a licence in the Australian Financial Services.
How to Access
The links to each course can be found here:
- Privacy Obligations 2025 – 26 – https://training.grcessentials.com.au/view_course/151
- Breach and Incident Reporting 2025 – 26 – https://training.grcessentials.com.au/view_course/150
- Cyber Security Essentials 2025 – 26 – https://training.grcessentials.com.au/view_course/149
- Anti-Money Laundering and Counter Terrorism Financing (AML/CTF) 2025 – 26 – https://training.grcessentials.com.au/view_course/148
- Internal Dispute Resolution 2025-26 – https://training.grcessentials.com.au/view_course/152
If you would like to be enrolled into these courses, please do not hesitate to contact as on support@grcessentials.com.au
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