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A new study at unprecedented scale revealed that embedded phishing training in simulations run by organizations doesn't work well. Those simulations pretend to be real phishing email landing in the employees' mailboxes, without any malicious payload. They show a realistic phishing page and collect statistics about who clicked with or without providing credentials, how many users reported it to the security staff, etc.
According to Gartner®, many resource-constrained organizations, specifically midsize enterprises, struggle to provide even basic security awareness training to their users, let alone develop a sophisticated, multichannel, context-specific, and employee-centric enterprise security awareness program. Say you've got a security training solution that performs some tasks automatically, like sending out training reminders or test emails on a preset schedule.
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According to a recent TalentLMS survey on the state of cybersecurity training, 61% of employees who took cybersecurity training failed a basic test. Offering perfunctory cybersecurity training just to tick a box does not help employees build healthier habits and leaves companies exposed to cyberattacks and phishing scams.
Cyber security professionals are continuously thinking about how to prevent cyber security breaches from happening, with employees and contractors often proving to be the most significant risk factor for causing cyber security incidents. Proactive cyber security professionals will find that an effective security awareness training program can significantly reduce their risk of getting exposed to a cyber incident.
In this interview with Help Net Security, Mike Hendrickson, VP of Technology & Developer Solutions at educational technology company Skillsoft, talks about the effect these last few years have had on online cybersecurity learning and training, and the trends. What trends in online cybersecurity training have you been seeing in the last year or so?
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