When an employee gets a job, the company can issue an employee handbook to the employee. Learn about the various precautions in advance for employee onboarding. Strive for the lack of safety education knowledge for employees, and regular training for employees (because technology is always improving, and training is very important for employees). Training should include related management, project management, and technical training. Cross-training allows multiple employees to receive corresponding training to perform specific tasks or procedures. When substitutes are needed, the advantage of cross-training is that anyone who participates in the training can do the job. Staff training schedules need to be reasonably arranged to ensure that staff training is adequate and efficient. After the training, employees should be tested and performance appraisal at work. Salary increases, bonuses, and promotions should all be based on performance. The purpose of this is to make employees conscious at work.
Hi Yangyuan,
I like that you included incentives such as salary increases, bonuses, and promotions based on performance because the motivation and participation of management and employees is important in making this program successful. Before implementing a program, I would suggest understanding the organizational, cultural, and geographic differences within the organization. This information would be useful to know whether it would make sense to include a general policy or handbook for the entire organization and let each logical division handle the design and delivery of the material.
The concept of cross-training employees is a very unique approach,
The outcomes of training employees can be difficult to quantify. However, when the program manager is able to determine organizational needs that are aligned with the business, quantifying training becomes much easier.
First, I think it is important for every employee to understand their role in security and top management should be held accountable for encouraging a security culture. Vacca’s chapter identified two methodologies that can be used to effectively deliver security education and awareness training. Functional information security training is specialized training based on the role of an employee. Skill-based training will take into account the current skill level (beginner, intermediate, or advanced) of the employee when delivering technical training. I would feel more comfortable offering functional training because the other option requires a level of technical expertise that is not available within a typical organization and does not focus on the entire organization’s security needs, rather it is individual based. In my opinion, the best approach would be to provide general training that applies to all users such as awareness and becomes more targeted and in-depth depending on the role of each group. To prevent overwhelming employees, my training would begin with a short list of pertinent topics that apply to all users such as: password security, email phishing, mobile device security, communications, sensitive data security, etc. While developing the program, I would consider policy, strategy, and implementation. It is important to provide an environment where people feel free to ask questions, understand the relevance of the lesson, and feel comfortable enough to provide feedback via traditional surveys.
Providing creative training content is key to a good training program, to ensure your learners are engaged and continue to come back for more. The modern learner today is distracted, overwhelmed and has little time to spare. Catering content to their needs is not only important – it’s critical.
According to John Vacca’s manual – “Security awareness is general information security training provided to all users” while “Security training is more focused and tactical in nature, often based on responsibility for each employee and helps develop more advanced skills that improve understanding of how to safely perform their specific job functions. Implementing SETA can help companies define user roles and behaviors. Defining roles and responsibilities will help you understand how to design and develop a SETA program that includes the right people for the desired behavior. When designing a SETA program, companies should consider the business needs and mission, as well as the culture, so that interested users are connected to the topic.
I would follow the below steps to implement the SETA program:
1. Start by Assessing Your Organization’s Current Cybersecurity Awareness Level
• Conducting an assessment of your company’s overall cybersecurity awareness level can help you identify specific opportunities for improvement.
2. Establish Your Training Program Budget.
• Program’s budget will have an influence on the amount of training you can provide for each employee, what types of training resources you can provide, and overall program success.
Some things to budget for include:
o Trainer/consultant time and labor.
o Access to training platforms/software/resources.
o Reduced employee productivity for time spent on training.
3. Set Aside Time for Employees to Train.
• Setting aside time for employees to attend training sessions is a must for highlighting the importance of cybersecurity training and ensuring every employee completes the program.
4. Choose a SETA Program Delivery Method.
• There are many ways to deliver training materials, such as in-person seminars, online webinars, digital eBooks, interactive online tools, and more.
• Your choice of training method may depend largely on your total company size, training budget, and time constraints.
5. Plan for Verifying SETA Program Result
• The basic strategy for verifying SETA program effectiveness is largely the same as assessing your company’s pre-training cybersecurity awareness, involving the use of:
o Cybersecurity awareness surveys.
o Simulated phishing attack emails; and
o Cybersecurity incident drills.
Shubham,
The Security Education Training and Awareness (SETA) program by IDEABox on Cybersesurity, detaills the strong awareness of security education for employees. I like the article’s emphasis and concern to instill basic cybersecurity knowledge for employees required to function in their roles in an organization and should be mandatory for both existing employees and future new hires. Great!
As companies began investing more money in perimeter defenses, security controls, and cybersecurity, attackers looked to the path of least resistance. They send malware as attachments to emails, asking recipient employees to open the attachment. John Vacca identifies guidelines for effective security assessment plans and a comprehensive set of procedures to assess effective security controls employed in information systems through timely security training and awareness programs to employees and ensuring all employees are tasked with functional security knowledge and procedures.
In implementing a robust and secure environment within an organization, security control management is the ultimate goal of information system by the protection of confidentiality, integrity (including non-reputational and authenticity) and availability of the system and its information. Employees are tasked to the security compliance, security measures and responsiveness to security controls, which are assessed to determine their overall compliance: that is the extent of keeping up with security policies to mitigate risks, threats and vulnerabilities within the organization.
Security educational awareness are usually introduced in company’s disclosures signed by employees at the enrolment stage and subsequently information security policies are introduced, training are to be made available timely for employees to get educated on security challenges they may be faced with. The degree to which companies depend on these information systems awareness and education is to conduct routine, important, and critical missions, business functions, and security compliance which means that the protection of underlying systems of the organization is paramount and training employees for this objective is in fact the most effective task as to prepare them to function right so not to be exposed to opening questionable email threats and vulnerabilities which in turn might expose the organizations information systems to havoc.
Where would you recommend an organization find practical-cost effective training for its employees? – I would recommend professional institutions, colleges and professional affiliation such as (ASIS International, ISACA, High Technology Crime Investigation Association, Information Systems Security Association, InfraGard, Temple University, etc.). Join to add values through educational training and certification programs tailored on Essential Security Education for industry and organization. Participation of these associations is a cost-effective way to get up the speed with current security trends and issues.
By complying and focusing on the security policies, and implementation of the organization. Understanding Security controls, Awareness of the risks, threats and vulnerabilities associated with negligence. Understanding the Costs needed to respond to attacks and fixing problems initiated by users. Help keep the organization’s robust security infrastructure from threats and vulnerabilities.
Hi Oluwaseun,
You’re right. When companies begin to invest more funds to protect the organization’s information security, hackers begin to find easier breakthroughs. Usually, Preventive Controls will spend the most money for the company, because companies need to prevent bad things before they happen rather than waiting for the dangers to come to solve them. The Training you mentioned is a very good method. Training is one of the methods of administrative control. Information security can be effectively protected by training all levels of personnel in the organization and determining which users can access which resources and information.
ISACA is a great institute to match your organizations unique budget, scheduling and learning needs, they offer a variety of training delivery options that can be mixed and matched. On-site IT training led by expert instructors provides a highly focused, immersive experience. Virtual instructor-led training maintains a level of personal attention with increased convenience. And online, on-demand training offers ultimate flexibility.
Yangyuan Lin says
When an employee gets a job, the company can issue an employee handbook to the employee. Learn about the various precautions in advance for employee onboarding. Strive for the lack of safety education knowledge for employees, and regular training for employees (because technology is always improving, and training is very important for employees). Training should include related management, project management, and technical training. Cross-training allows multiple employees to receive corresponding training to perform specific tasks or procedures. When substitutes are needed, the advantage of cross-training is that anyone who participates in the training can do the job. Staff training schedules need to be reasonably arranged to ensure that staff training is adequate and efficient. After the training, employees should be tested and performance appraisal at work. Salary increases, bonuses, and promotions should all be based on performance. The purpose of this is to make employees conscious at work.
Elizabeth Gutierrez says
Hi Yangyuan,
I like that you included incentives such as salary increases, bonuses, and promotions based on performance because the motivation and participation of management and employees is important in making this program successful. Before implementing a program, I would suggest understanding the organizational, cultural, and geographic differences within the organization. This information would be useful to know whether it would make sense to include a general policy or handbook for the entire organization and let each logical division handle the design and delivery of the material.
Shubham Patil says
Hey Yangyuan,
The concept of cross-training employees is a very unique approach,
The outcomes of training employees can be difficult to quantify. However, when the program manager is able to determine organizational needs that are aligned with the business, quantifying training becomes much easier.
Elizabeth Gutierrez says
First, I think it is important for every employee to understand their role in security and top management should be held accountable for encouraging a security culture. Vacca’s chapter identified two methodologies that can be used to effectively deliver security education and awareness training. Functional information security training is specialized training based on the role of an employee. Skill-based training will take into account the current skill level (beginner, intermediate, or advanced) of the employee when delivering technical training. I would feel more comfortable offering functional training because the other option requires a level of technical expertise that is not available within a typical organization and does not focus on the entire organization’s security needs, rather it is individual based. In my opinion, the best approach would be to provide general training that applies to all users such as awareness and becomes more targeted and in-depth depending on the role of each group. To prevent overwhelming employees, my training would begin with a short list of pertinent topics that apply to all users such as: password security, email phishing, mobile device security, communications, sensitive data security, etc. While developing the program, I would consider policy, strategy, and implementation. It is important to provide an environment where people feel free to ask questions, understand the relevance of the lesson, and feel comfortable enough to provide feedback via traditional surveys.
Shubham Patil says
Elizabeth,
Providing creative training content is key to a good training program, to ensure your learners are engaged and continue to come back for more. The modern learner today is distracted, overwhelmed and has little time to spare. Catering content to their needs is not only important – it’s critical.
Shubham Patil says
According to John Vacca’s manual – “Security awareness is general information security training provided to all users” while “Security training is more focused and tactical in nature, often based on responsibility for each employee and helps develop more advanced skills that improve understanding of how to safely perform their specific job functions. Implementing SETA can help companies define user roles and behaviors. Defining roles and responsibilities will help you understand how to design and develop a SETA program that includes the right people for the desired behavior. When designing a SETA program, companies should consider the business needs and mission, as well as the culture, so that interested users are connected to the topic.
I would follow the below steps to implement the SETA program:
1. Start by Assessing Your Organization’s Current Cybersecurity Awareness Level
• Conducting an assessment of your company’s overall cybersecurity awareness level can help you identify specific opportunities for improvement.
2. Establish Your Training Program Budget.
• Program’s budget will have an influence on the amount of training you can provide for each employee, what types of training resources you can provide, and overall program success.
Some things to budget for include:
o Trainer/consultant time and labor.
o Access to training platforms/software/resources.
o Reduced employee productivity for time spent on training.
3. Set Aside Time for Employees to Train.
• Setting aside time for employees to attend training sessions is a must for highlighting the importance of cybersecurity training and ensuring every employee completes the program.
4. Choose a SETA Program Delivery Method.
• There are many ways to deliver training materials, such as in-person seminars, online webinars, digital eBooks, interactive online tools, and more.
• Your choice of training method may depend largely on your total company size, training budget, and time constraints.
5. Plan for Verifying SETA Program Result
• The basic strategy for verifying SETA program effectiveness is largely the same as assessing your company’s pre-training cybersecurity awareness, involving the use of:
o Cybersecurity awareness surveys.
o Simulated phishing attack emails; and
o Cybersecurity incident drills.
Reference: https://www.ideabox.com/blog/cybersecure-employee-training
Oluwaseun Soyomokun says
Shubham,
The Security Education Training and Awareness (SETA) program by IDEABox on Cybersesurity, detaills the strong awareness of security education for employees. I like the article’s emphasis and concern to instill basic cybersecurity knowledge for employees required to function in their roles in an organization and should be mandatory for both existing employees and future new hires. Great!
Oluwaseun Soyomokun says
As companies began investing more money in perimeter defenses, security controls, and cybersecurity, attackers looked to the path of least resistance. They send malware as attachments to emails, asking recipient employees to open the attachment. John Vacca identifies guidelines for effective security assessment plans and a comprehensive set of procedures to assess effective security controls employed in information systems through timely security training and awareness programs to employees and ensuring all employees are tasked with functional security knowledge and procedures.
In implementing a robust and secure environment within an organization, security control management is the ultimate goal of information system by the protection of confidentiality, integrity (including non-reputational and authenticity) and availability of the system and its information. Employees are tasked to the security compliance, security measures and responsiveness to security controls, which are assessed to determine their overall compliance: that is the extent of keeping up with security policies to mitigate risks, threats and vulnerabilities within the organization.
Security educational awareness are usually introduced in company’s disclosures signed by employees at the enrolment stage and subsequently information security policies are introduced, training are to be made available timely for employees to get educated on security challenges they may be faced with. The degree to which companies depend on these information systems awareness and education is to conduct routine, important, and critical missions, business functions, and security compliance which means that the protection of underlying systems of the organization is paramount and training employees for this objective is in fact the most effective task as to prepare them to function right so not to be exposed to opening questionable email threats and vulnerabilities which in turn might expose the organizations information systems to havoc.
Where would you recommend an organization find practical-cost effective training for its employees? – I would recommend professional institutions, colleges and professional affiliation such as (ASIS International, ISACA, High Technology Crime Investigation Association, Information Systems Security Association, InfraGard, Temple University, etc.). Join to add values through educational training and certification programs tailored on Essential Security Education for industry and organization. Participation of these associations is a cost-effective way to get up the speed with current security trends and issues.
By complying and focusing on the security policies, and implementation of the organization. Understanding Security controls, Awareness of the risks, threats and vulnerabilities associated with negligence. Understanding the Costs needed to respond to attacks and fixing problems initiated by users. Help keep the organization’s robust security infrastructure from threats and vulnerabilities.
Yangyuan Lin says
Hi Oluwaseun,
You’re right. When companies begin to invest more funds to protect the organization’s information security, hackers begin to find easier breakthroughs. Usually, Preventive Controls will spend the most money for the company, because companies need to prevent bad things before they happen rather than waiting for the dangers to come to solve them. The Training you mentioned is a very good method. Training is one of the methods of administrative control. Information security can be effectively protected by training all levels of personnel in the organization and determining which users can access which resources and information.
Shubham Patil says
Oluwaseun,
ISACA is a great institute to match your organizations unique budget, scheduling and learning needs, they offer a variety of training delivery options that can be mixed and matched. On-site IT training led by expert instructors provides a highly focused, immersive experience. Virtual instructor-led training maintains a level of personal attention with increased convenience. And online, on-demand training offers ultimate flexibility.