Security awareness training needs to be interesting to be effective

A new survey of 1,000 US employees has found that boring security awareness training doesn't make them want to be secure. The study conducted by Osterman Research for MediaPRO shows that employees get far more benefit out of interesting and engaging training, which shouldn't really surprise anybody. Around 45 percent of employees surveyed expect to spend 15 minutes or more each month in training by mid-2021, up from 26 percent in 2020. The report shows that an increase in the amount and depth of this training results in employees who are better equipped to deal with a variety of security threats.… [Continue Reading]