Overview#
Education that builds secure behaviors among employees. Covers phishing, data handling, physical security, and incident reporting.
Core objectives#
- Establish shared definitions of Security Awareness Training for security, engineering, and leadership teams.
- Connect Security Awareness Training activities to measurable risk reduction and resilience goals.
- Provide onboarding notes so new team members can quickly understand how Security Awareness Training works here.
Implementation notes#
- Identify the primary owner for Security Awareness Training, the data sources involved, and the systems affected.
- Document the minimum viable process, tooling, and runbooks that keep Security Awareness Training healthy.
- Map Security Awareness Training practices to standards such as ISO/IEC 27001, NIST CSF, or CIS Controls.
Operational signals#
- Leading indicators: early warnings that Security Awareness Training might degrade (e.g., backlog growth, noisy alerts, or missed SLAs).
- Lagging indicators: realized impact that shows Security Awareness Training failed or needs investment (e.g., incidents, audit findings).
- Feedback loops: retrospectives and metrics reviews that tune Security Awareness Training continuously.
Related practices#
- Align Security Awareness Training with defense-in-depth planning, threat modeling, and disaster recovery tests.
- Communicate updates to stakeholders through concise briefs, dashboards, and internal FAQs.
- Pair Security Awareness Training improvements with tabletop exercises to validate expectations.