• Online, Self-Paced
Course Description

Creating Effective User Awareness Training is based on educational principles that result in learning and skills retention. End users and information security professionals need a better approach than what is currently out there in the market place at the moment.

Learning Objectives

By the end of this course, students should be able to:
- Understand the key principles of experiential and micro learning approaches & how they can be applied to information security awareness programs
- Understand the benefits of incorporating experiential learning techniques into their awareness programme and where to apply them
- How to incorporate interactive coaching techniques into existing training content
- How to facilitate behaviour change in the end user community by using ambient influencing techniques
- How to use micro-learning techniques to continuously build end user threat recognition capability

Framework Connections

The materials within this course focus on the NICE Framework Task, Knowledge, and Skill statements identified within the indicated NICE Framework component(s):

Specialty Areas

  • Training, Education, and Awareness

Specialty Areas have been removed from the NICE Framework. With the recent release of the new NICE Framework data, updates to courses are underway. Until this course can be updated, this historical information is provided to give better context as to how it can help you with your cybersecurity goals.

Feedback

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