This video, part 5 in the series on NIST SP 800-50, Guide to Building an IT Security Awareness and Training Program, will outline the steps you will need to take to monitor, measure, maintain, and improve your program once implemented. In This Video You Will Learn: How to Monitor Compliance With Your Training Policies How […]
Designing an IT Security Awareness and Training Program – NIST 800-50 Part 2
Designing an IT security awareness and training program answers the question “What is our plan for developing and implementing awareness and training opportunities that are compliant with our existing goals and requirements?” “Even a small amount of IT security awareness and training can go a long way toward improving the IT security posture of, and […]
Implementing an IT Security Awareness and Training Program – NIST 800-50 Part 4
This video, part 4 in the series on NIST SP 800-50, Guide to Building an IT Security Awareness and Training Program, will cover the steps you will need to Implement your Security Awareness and Training Program. Before Implementing your IT security awareness and training program, ensure that you have completed the following steps (see Part […]
Developing IT Security Awareness and Training Material – NIST 800-50 Part 3
Once the awareness and training program has been designed, your supporting material can be developed. Your people will pay attention and incorporate what they see or hear in a session if they feel that the material was developed specifically for them. So make material that is interesting, current and relevant to your audience. In this […]
Building a Security Awareness and Training Program – NIST 800-50 Part 1
Common knowledge in the IT Security community is that People are one of the weakest links in your attempts to secure systems and protect assets. If adequate security is to be implemented and maintained, more focused attention must be paid to managing the “people factor.” A robust awareness and training program can help to ensure […]
Book Review: Secrets & Lies, Digital Security in a Networked World
Secrets & Lies, Digital Security in a Networked World by Bruce Schneier is the perfect book for security professionals who have some training in, experience with, or exposure to security technologies. Schneier declares that security must be approached from a “systems” perspective before technologies and countermeasures can be properly selected and implemented. Making the case […]