Building a Cybersecurity Awareness Program (2019)
1h 2mBeginner2019-11-06
Authors

Lauren Zink
Information Security Professional, Educator
Course details
By implementing a security awareness program, you can turn people into assets—not fragile targets. A truly robust and mature security program makes educating employees a top priority in a company's overall multilayered approach. In this course, Lauren Zink shows how to develop and implement a successful, ongoing security awareness program that's so much more than just one phishing simulation or an annual required training. True security awareness necessitates year-round, relevant, and tailored training and communications that create an overall cultural shift you can measure. Through this course, discover how to sketch out your program plan, create a budget, leverage creative approaches for keeping your employees engaged, and assess the effectiveness of your program.
Learning objectives
What is security awareness?
Leveraging company policies to drive communications
Surveying employees to understand threats
Developing an awareness plan
Developing a brand for your security team
Measuring the success of your program
Learning objectives
What is security awareness?
Leveraging company policies to drive communications
Surveying employees to understand threats
Developing an awareness plan
Developing a brand for your security team
Measuring the success of your program
Skills covered
Security AwarenessCybersecurityOne-Off
Concepts
0. Introduction
- 01 - Ready your security program
- 02 - What is security awareness
1. Understanding the Current Security Awareness Foundation
- 03 - Getting to know the teams
- 04 - Understanding company policies
- 05 - Survey employees to understand threats
2. Developing a Solid Awareness Plan
- 06 - Developing a program plan
- 07 - Understanding your budget
3. Implementing and Communicating the Security Awareness Program
- 08 - Developing a brand
- 09 - Creating traditional training
- 10 - Finding security champions and liaisons
4. Engaging Employees with Ongoing Awareness Initiatives
- 11 - Creating nontraditional training
- 12 - Finding creative ways to brand
- 13 - Conducting social engineering tests
- 14 - Developing an annual training event
- 15 - Making the security team accessible
5. Measuring the Effectiveness of Your Security Awareness Program
- 16 - Measuring cultural change
- 17 - What can you do with the metrics
Conclusion
- 18 - Next steps
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