How to Make Security Awareness Training More Relevant and Less Punitive
Summary
Huntress argues security awareness training works best when frequent, threat-relevant and supportive, recommending realistic phishing simulations and constructive follow-up. The post also promotes Huntress’ managed training service.
Key points
- The article says annual, generic training and punitive “gotcha” phishing tests can disengage employees and undermine trust.
- It recommends short, regular training tailored to threats employees may encounter in their work.
- Suggested lessons include recognizing deceptive subject lines, verifying senders and spotting fake links.
- The article advises using realistic phishing simulations and giving constructive, personalized follow-up when employees click.
- It recommends encouraging employees to report suspicious messages and recognizing or coaching them rather than shaming them.
- Huntress promotes its managed security awareness training service, describing monthly training and scenario-specific coaching.
Article Details
- Topic
- The effectiveness of security awareness training and practices for building engaging, realistic, and positive training programs.
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