Security Awareness Training

Transform Your Employees Into Your Biggest Defensive Asset

Reduce Cyber Risk Caused by Human Error

Cyber security is a business risk that affects operations, finances, reputation, and compliance. Many incidents begin with a simple email or weak password, but the consequences can be significant. Security issues we often see include:

FAQ

Most frequent asked questions and answers

Security awareness training is the process of educating employees about security risks, policies and procedures as well as good and bad security practices and how to maintain compliance with the security components of regulatory requirements.

The main purpose of security awareness training for employees is to reduce the company’s risk of a cyberattack or data security incident. This is done by educating employees about how to spot and avoid security risks, cyberattacks and bad practices. Training also educates employees about security policies and how to maintain regulatory compliance in locations or industries

Security awareness training is critically important for companies to avoid cyberattacks and expensive data disasters in today’s volatile risk landscape. Employees that are educated about security risks can better avoid cybercriminal traps like phishing and business email compromise. Training also prevents data mishandling that could result in steep non-compliance fines.

Security awareness training for employees brings an array of benefits to businesses, including a drastic reduction in the number of security incidents that an organization experiences. Training ensures everyone knows that they are responsible for doing their part to maintain security and compliance, making employees more likely to adhere to security policies and procedures. A security awareness training program also arms employees with knowledge that helps them avoid cybercriminal tricks like phishing.

Employees should receive training monthly for the best results. New employees should receive additional training as part of the onboarding process to ensure they’re knowledgeable about a company’s policies and procedures. No one, not even top executives or IT staffers, should be exempt from training.

A successful security awareness training program starts with choosing the right training solution. Our innovative and complete solution provides short, easy-to-understand training videos in multiple languages with quizzes to measure retention. It will also include phishing simulations with options for content customization or plug-and-play campaigns. It is also critical that the library of available video lessons and phishing simulation campaign kits is updated regularly.

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