An Infosec Check learning program
Ante Up: Cybersecurity Learning for Everyone in Business
You do not have to work in IT to play a part in cybersecurity. Ante Up is a live monthly class that helps people recognize common threats, practice safer habits, and keep learning as technology and criminal tactics change.
From the janitor to the CEO, every person in a business matters.
Individual membership is $19 billed monthly or $180 billed annually. A small business may include up to five people for $59 billed monthly or $588 billed annually.
Monthly plans renew each month and annual plans renew each year until renewal is canceled. No multi-year contract. Cancel renewal online anytime. Annual payments are nonrefundable except where required by law.
What Is Ante Up?
Ante Up is a live, introductory cybersecurity class offered monthly by Infosec Check. It teaches practical security awareness in plain language for business owners, employees, contractors, support personnel, and organizational leaders. One person may join for $19 billed monthly or $180 billed annually. A small business may enroll up to five people for $59 billed monthly or $588 billed annually.
Each class is education. There are no tests, employee scorecards, completion reports, or compliance certificates.
Every role
Cybersecurity Is a Business Skill
Security is not limited to the IT department. A receptionist may receive a deceptive call. A bookkeeper may receive altered payment instructions. A salesperson may scan a false QR code. A janitor may enter rooms that few people question. An owner or CEO may receive an urgent request that appears legitimate.
Ante Up helps people recognize warning signs, slow down when something feels wrong, verify unexpected requests, and report concerns promptly.
Different roles have different access. Every role can make a safer decision.
Curriculum
Practical Lessons That Keep Moving
Topics rotate and develop over time so participants can continue learning. Classes may address:
- Passwords, passphrases, multifactor authentication, and account recovery
- Phishing, false login pages, attachments, QR codes, and altered invoices
- Social engineering through urgency, authority, fear, curiosity, and helpfulness
- Email, text-message, telephone, and payment-request scams
- Personal information, customer records, credentials, and business information
- Device updates, screen locks, applications, browser extensions, and removable media
- Visitors, doors, keys, badges, printers, paperwork, and unattended computers
- How to stop, verify, preserve useful information, and report a concern
Ante Up is the starting point, not the finish line.
Awareness training is the first practical step. Whether a specific rule applies to your organization, and what your written program must address, is a separate review. For insurance licensees, see the NAIC insurance data security requirements by state.
Audience
Made for People, Not Just Technicians
Ante Up is intended for adults who work in, operate, support, or serve a business or organization. No cybersecurity certification, IT position, or technical background is required.
Owners, executives, managers, office staff, salespeople, bookkeepers, contractors, maintenance personnel, volunteers, and anyone else willing to learn are welcome.
Ante Up is taught by Joseph Boyd, who has taught IT Fundamentals and cybersecurity-related subjects at the community-college level and has worked with adult learners from varied professional backgrounds.
Membership
A New Opportunity to Learn Each Month
- 01Choose an individual or small-business membership, then choose monthly or annual billing.
- 02Complete secure subscription checkout through Stripe.
- 03Receive class access and program communications using the information provided.
- 04Attend when you choose and cancel online whenever you choose.
There is no attendance requirement and no multi-year contract. Missing a class does not automatically pause or cancel the subscription.
Pricing
Choose Your Ante Up Membership
Choose who is enrolling, then choose monthly flexibility or annual savings. Review the billing terms before continuing to secure Stripe Checkout.
Choose a membership first to select billing.
Select a membership and billing option to continue.
| Membership | Monthly billing | Annual billing |
|---|---|---|
| Individual | $19 monthly | $180 annually, equivalent to $15 per month |
| Small Business, up to five | $59 monthly | $588 annually, equivalent to $49 per month |
Cancellation prevents the next charge. Access continues through the end of the current paid billing period unless the published Terms state otherwise. Except where required by law, annual payments are nonrefundable.
Cancellation instructions are included with your Stripe subscription confirmation email.
Grant option
Need Help With the Individual Price?
If the $19 individual price is genuinely beyond your reach, you may request a grant. A grant is not guaranteed, but cost should not prevent someone who wants to learn from asking.
Education Without Employee Surveillance
Ante Up is designed for learning. Infosec Check does not grade participants, create employee scorecards, send completion reports to employers, or issue compliance certificates through this program.
Infosec Check uses the information reasonably needed to process subscriptions, provide class access, communicate with participants, respond to grant requests, meet legal obligations, and protect the service. Payment processing is handled by Stripe. Stripe and any class-delivery platform operate under their own terms and privacy policies. See our Privacy Policy and Terms.
Ante Up provides general education. Participation alone does not satisfy a law, regulation, contract, insurance requirement, or cybersecurity framework, and it does not guarantee that an incident will be prevented.
FAQ
Ante Up Questions
Do I need to work in IT?
Is Ante Up a live monthly class?
What does the individual membership cost?
What does the small-business membership cost?
Does membership renew automatically?
How do I cancel?
Can I receive a refund on an annual membership?
What happens if I miss a class?
Do participants receive a certificate or compliance credit?
Does Infosec Check report attendance to employers?
Can I request a grant?
Get started
Start With the Basics. Keep Learning.
Cybersecurity changes, and good judgment develops through continued attention. Ante Up gives people in business a practical place to begin and a reason to return each month.
Monthly plans renew each month and annual plans renew each year until renewal is canceled. No multi-year contract. Cancel renewal online anytime. Annual payments are nonrefundable except where required by law.
Looking for more practical material? Browse the Infosec Check resource library.