Rolling Out a Successful Information Security Awareness Training Program
You’ve identified the need for an ISATP, but now you’re trying to put together an effective plan that will ensure measured success and results for your organization. The success of your ISATP is in the planning of all stages of the training project. Training is a cyclical and ongoing process and should be treated as a project that has many phases and is continuous. Most organization’s engage in ISATP because they need to meet certain guidelines or compliancy standards. What many fail to realize is that in order to change employee behaviour within an organization you need to train continuously.
It is then essential to treat an ISATP program like any other information technology project. Behavioural change is not easy and requires continuous reinforcement. You need to create a project, assign a project manager, and recognize a project champion. Creating a project includes defining business objectives and scope (what’s included and what’s not) in a document. The document needs to be clearly defined and must appoint those who will be held accountable. The document will then act as a guide from planning to implementation to the effectiveness of ISATP outcomes.
