Effective Steps to Develop a Strong Cybersecurity Awareness Scheme

Training sessions on cybersecurity awareness are educational materials crafted to educate employees on how to identify cyberattacks and prevent or reduce their impact. Considering that human factors contribute to nearly three-quarters (74%) of all data breaches, educating individuals on how to prevent a cyberattack (rather than participating in it) through cybersecurity awareness training can yield significant benefits for organizations of all sizes.

While it is possible to engage external specialists to deliver training on your behalf, establishing your personalized cybersecurity awareness initiative enables you to customize it to match your employees’ requirements and the predominant threats faced by your company.

Kara Sherrer, an author on TechRepublic Premium, offers a roadmap of 15 essential stages that businesses can take to devise their own scheme, ranging from conducting an evaluation of cybersecurity needs to executing simulated phishing campaigns.

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6. CATEGORIZE YOUR VIEWERS

Following the completion of your needs evaluation, the examination of findings, and the understanding of your company’s cybersecurity ethos, the focus shifts to identifying the various sets of audiences to address through the training initiative.

Distinct teams will exhibit diverse foundational knowledge levels of cybersecurity and have particular subjects that are more pertinent to them. Once the audiences are identified, efforts can be directed towards designing training schemes that are tailored to suit each group’s specific demands.

For instance, an employee in the sales division may not necessarily require extensive knowledge concerning maintaining company firewalls. However, they should be proficient in discerning a phishing email from a purported prospective client and know the protocol for reporting such incidents to the IT department.

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AndyC

Andy Curtis is an award-winning security consultant, researcher and public speaker. He has been working in the computer security industry since the early 1990s, having been employed by state and federal government, leading healthcare and banking providers across three continents. He has given talks about computer security for some of the world’s largest companies, worked with law enforcement agencies on investigations into hacking groups, and is a regular voice on TV and radio explaining IT security threats.

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