Security awareness training is an education mechanism that teaches staff about cyber security, best IT practices, and even regulatory enforcement. A comprehensive safety awareness program for employees should train them on a variety of IT, security and other business-related topics.

These may include how to avoid phishing and other types of social engineering cyber attacks, detect potential malware behaviors, report potential security threats, follow company IT policies and best practices, and abide by any applicable data privacy and compliance regulations (GDPR, PCI DSS, HIPAA, etc.).

Why Companies Need Security Awareness Training
While businesses will believe that their workers will not be fooled by anything like a phishing scam, cyber criminals still use this attack method because it continues to be successful. In fact, the 2018 Verizon Data Breach Investigations report revealed that 93 per cent of successful security breaches began with phishing.

Daily training for staff, including phishing exercises, IT and security best practice courses, and data protection and enforcement training, enables companies to dramatically reduce risk , reduce infections and associated cost of assistance, protect their reputation by fewer breaches, and secure their overall investment in cyber security.