Security Awareness

Awareness training and programs to promote security awareness among employees play a central role in a good cyber strategy.

Security awareness refers to employees' awareness and understanding of security threats and practices. Through targeted training and programs, employees are made aware of potential security risks and their behavior is adapted accordingly. As employees are often the weakest link in the security chain, it is important to train them through security awareness programs. This reduces the risk of human error that could lead to security incidents. A well-informed workforce is therefore the first step towards a secure company.

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Nikolas Rösener
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What is awareness?

Security awareness in the field of cyber security is the knowledge of cyber threats, risks and corresponding security practices. Security awareness is also the knowledge that people pose the greatest IT risk. But the good thing is that people can learn.

With this in mind, we have set ourselves the goal of offering our customers an appropriate learning experience in the area of cyber security awareness. Be it through interactive workshops, informative videos or regular updates on the latest criminal procedures. Regular tests allow us to document and guarantee the progress of your employees' knowledge.

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Awareness programs to promote employee security awareness play an increasingly important role in a good cyber strategy. For example, trained users are crucial for detecting and stopping phishing attacks, which can easily overcome your technical perimeter protection measures and quickly penetrate deep into your system via compromised passwords. There are many ready-made awareness solutions available, but it remains to be seen whether they are suitable for your organization, processes and IT environment. What measures, processes or reports are actually required as a minimum to achieve the desired compliance? Our White Team can help you answer these questions and offer security awareness training and workshops tailored to your situation.

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Man as a gateway

We are living in times of upheaval. Topics such as working from home and remote working have found their way into our lives. It is precisely in times like these that it becomes increasingly important to rely on trained employees. And at all levels of the company. From IT staff to the board to office staff. All employees should be well informed in order to make the best possible decisions for your company and to protect themselves and your company from damage caused by criminals.  

It only takes the opening of a malicious attachment or the sending of personal data on websites that appear to be genuine to open the door to cybercrime to your IT infrastructure/IT systems and thus to your most valuable data.  

Cyber-Security Awareness is there to take all employees with you and show you the value of secure use of the Internet and all the programs you use.  

Percentage of companies that have experienced a cyber attack in the last 12 months Statista 2023
Proportion of companies that have experienced a cyber attack in the last 12 months (Statista 2023)

Which companies should undergo awareness training?

According to Microsoft, 71% of cyber attacks target medium-sized or small companies. A successful attack costs the company an average of around €774,000 and results in 60% of these companies having to close. These figures are alarming and have been rising for years.  

It is now important to create a corporate culture in which every employee is aware of the risks of such an attack and knows how they should behave to protect your company and themselves. 

Our customers often choose a weak-point analysis as the first step.

Diagram of the most imitated brands in phishing attacks

Awareness training tailored to your needs

There are many ready-made awareness solutions available, but it remains to be seen whether they are suitable for your organization, processes and IT environment. Depending on your wishes and ideas, we can make suggestions for individual awareness training. Whether active or passive, workshop or videos. Together we will find a solution for you and your company. 

To track individual progress, it is worth carrying out regular phishing simulations.

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Our interactive phishing tool

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Nikolas Rösener
Security Expert