Equipping your employees with cyber security knowledge (and empowering them to use it) could mean the difference in preventing a data breach in your organization. A majority of data breaches happen because employees don’t know what they don’t know. These attacks are often cryptic, making it harder for employees to identify an attack. By implementing effective employee cyber security training programs, your employees will walk away with the knowledge needed to identify attacks when they’re happening. If you don’t want to create a program of your own, check out these few reliable programs. 

 

 

#1: Barracuda Networks Phishline.

 

This is a good option if you’re looking to shed light on best practices for a variety of different phishing attacks. It provides simulations, which is a good way to see what attacks feel like in real time. It includes a variety of built in templates for email, and even has a full analytics system to let executives know how their employees are progressing. 

 

#2: Cofense.

 

This program has a full suite of products and services to help your organization improve awareness on security issues. And it enables threat hunting and incident response for admins! In addition to simulations, the big selling point on this one is the SEG Misses feature, which specifically tests employees with potential threats that are able to bypass an SEG. 

 

#3: Hoxhunt.

 

This tool is a fun way to educate your employees on cyber security. It provides a gamified phishing training platform, and educates users by rewarding them when they’ve identified a threat correctly. It’s highly customizable, and provides personalization that other softwares may not.

 

#4: KnowBe4.

 

This software is helping for not only identifying threats, but how you can improve your organization’s security overall. It provides a huge library of security awareness resources, and also includes video and game content to better engage employees. It also includes a scoring feature for each employee, so you can track their progress. 

 

#5: Lucy.

 

The big differentiator with this one is its reputation based virtual learning approach. It measures an employees existing awareness and abilities in cyber security, and then provides training to match. It also has a function that lets you share learnings with other employee training systems. 

 

#6: Phishlabs.

 

This is a well suited solution for organizations of all sizes. It mostly helps employees avoid risks related to email, web and social media. It includes targeted simulations, and also provides screensavers and templates for cyber security best practices.

 

#7: Proofpoint.

 

This is a good option if your organization is looking for training in addition to integrated response capabilities. One unique feature is its ability to let users report on risks so they can become actionable by administrators.

 

While these are just the tip of the iceberg in employee cyber security training programs, we hope this will give you a head start in your search! If your organization is looking for cyber security services, you’ve come to the right place. Visit our services page for more info, or contact us today.