
By Lise Lapointe
Instilling a culture of cyber security at your organization requires your people to maintain a high level of knowledge and awareness about cyber security risks—and that takes an effective, impactful, and ongoing security awareness program.
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However, a security awareness program is only as good as its content. To ensure that your end users retain core concepts and knowledge, it’s important to contextualize topics and keep your people engaged during the entire training process.
Additionally, to hold their interest, the content must be fun.These results are achieved in a few different ways. Let’s take a closer look.
Make it engaging!
First and foremost, your security awareness program’s content must be engaging. Break up lessons into bite-size morsels, and carefully divide them by topics. Keep the interface simple, and include an interactive component, such as a short quiz, in each lesson.
Also, tailor content to the user’s specific role within the organization. You might show someone in a manager role, for example,