The 2009 CISCO Mid Year Security Report indicates “a growing number of cyber attacks that exploit the latest and most popular consumer oriented technologies including social networks, Twitter and SMS.” Studies estimate that 85% of security breaches are caused by the actions of such uninformed end users.
Sustained information security awareness courses through Cognite will most certainly result in improved organization-wide information security awareness. Hard to believe? Allow our metrics for organization-wide learning effectiveness to do the talking!
You need the Cognite advantage.
Once you have the Cognite advantage, you need never worry about compliance issues related to security awareness. Cognite is compliant with all the major information security standards such as PCI-DSS and ISO 27001.
The Problem
Boring lecture sessions and emails that no one reads are just not getting the message across!
Traditional approaches such as classroom-based training or sharing information updates via newsletters and emails on security awareness are not always the most effective means to reach employees across geographies. Coordinating timeslots, ensuring attendance, and engaging with everyone are just some of the hurdles to be overcome.
Geographically distributed large organizations face phenomenal challenas in rolling out security awareness programs
A solution that allows content customization and assessments to align with organization's requirements is difficult to find
Employees cannot be compelled to learn and take tests of awareness courses at the same time.
The Solution
The solution lies in web-based training for large sets of users spread across multiple locations.
With Cognite, this is both easy to sustain on a continuous basis and entails low managerial effort and cost.
Anytime, anywhere:
With Cognite, users have the flexibility to take assigned courses anytime and from anywhere through the Internet. Effective learning is enabled through engaging content with appropriate real-time scenarios, examples and best practices, which make users aware of the critical threat of such situations.
Easy to customize:
Cognite is easy to customize. You can align course content with organization-specific information security policies, procedures and guidelines. This means that you can train your employees as per your specific organizational needs.
Make it count:
What better way to show your employees that you value the time they take to learn about security awareness! Make it count for them, for you, and for your organization.
