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Create a Personal Connection
In a recent blog post, David Hopkins wrote about icebreaking activities for students that could be used to introduce them to a “Virtual Learning Environment” (VLE) at a college or university. This is really excellent stuff, albeit not directly relevant … Continue reading
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1 Course per Month Programs – Why I Don’t Like Them
Some organizations use a “1 course per month” approach to trickle security awareness training out to their staff – the intention being that they avoid overloading staff with a large amount of training upfront by dividing it up into more … Continue reading
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The Second Year and Beyond
Let’s say that you’ve been tasked with establishing a security awareness program to comply with the regulations that apply to your organization. You set up a series of courses – probably web-based because you have too many students and insufficient … Continue reading
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Synchronous and Asynchronous WBT
For those of you who haven’t dealt with web-based training (WBT) before, it can be a little confusing. So let’s take a moment or two to look at two forms of WBT that you’ll probably come across.
Best Practices for Security Awareness Training
I recently completed a security training needs assessment for one of the states here on the West Coast. Part of the study was to identify a list of accepted “best practices” in security awareness training.
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Identity Theft? That’s Not Our Problem!
A couple of years ago, Cosaint rolled out a course called "Avoiding Identity Theft". Since that date, most of our clients have picked it up and provided it to their students and it’s been very well received. But sometimes, when … Continue reading
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Support Arrangements For Your Security Awareness Training Program
Over the last 5 years, Cosaint has hosted a lot of security awareness training (SAT) portals for clients. And, in the process, we’ve learned a great deal about how to organize support (and quite a bit about how not to … Continue reading
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