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Security Awareness Training for the Workforce: Moving Beyond "Check-the-box" Compliance

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Author(s)

Julie Haney, Wayne Lutters

Abstract

Security awareness training requirements set a minimum baseline for introducing security practices to an organization's workforce. But is simple compliance enough to result in behavior change?
Citation
IEEE Computer Magazine
Volume
53
Issue
10
Pub Type
Journals

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https://doi.org/10.1109/MC.2020.3001959
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Keywords

cybersecurity, compliance, security awareness, training
Usability and human factors and Cybersecurity

Citation

Haney, J. and Lutters, W. (2020), Security Awareness Training for the Workforce: Moving Beyond "Check-the-box" Compliance, IEEE Computer Magazine, [online], https://doi.org/10.1109/MC.2020.3001959, https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=930510 (Accessed December 23, 2024)

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Created September 30, 2020, Updated March 12, 2024