PR.AT-01.215

Does your organization provide comprehensive security awareness training that covers social engineering recognition, attack reporting procedures, acceptable use policies, and basic cyber hygiene practices?

Explanation

Security awareness training is essential for creating a human firewall against common attacks like phishing, vishing, and pretexting. Employees should be trained to identify suspicious emails, messages, or calls, know how to report security incidents, understand acceptable use of company resources, and perform basic security practices such as using strong passwords, enabling multi-factor authentication, and keeping software updated.

Evidence of fulfillment could include training materials, attendance records, completion certificates, training schedules, post-training assessment results, or screenshots of the learning management system showing security awareness modules and completion rates.

Implementation Example

Train personnel to recognize social engineering attempts and other common attacks, report attacks and suspicious activity, comply with acceptable use policies, and perform basic cyber hygiene tasks (e.g., patching software, choosing passwords, protecting credentials)

ID: PR.AT-01.215

Context

Function
PR: PROTECT
Category
PR.AT: Awareness and Training
Sub-Category
Personnel are provided with awareness and training so that they possess the knowledge and skills to perform general tasks with cybersecurity risks in mind

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