Staff security training
A year-long team training plan
Program
- 1
Month 1 — basic hygiene
Password manager, 2FA everywhere, updates, screen lock.
- 2
Month 2 — phishing
Recognizing emails, checking domains, phishing simulation (test campaign).
- 3
Month 3 — data
Data classification, what goes where, encryption, secure file sharing.
- 4
Month 4 — incidents
Who to notify and within how many minutes; 'hacked account' role-play.
- 5
Then quarterly
Refreshers on new schemes, repeat simulations, metrics (phish-click rate).
Effectiveness is measured by behavior, not attendance: track the phish-click rate and response time to a test incident. Short 20-min monthly sessions beat an annual 4-hour training.