Computer Security Awareness Training

Great security stops damage before it starts. Computer Security Awareness Training helps users develop secure habits, which leads to a secure environment. Global Learning Systems (GLS) understands this and can help your organization build a security-minded culture.

The program includes engaging and interactive modules focused on specific topics and requirements, and meets federal agency training standards and requirements (including Section 508 compliance).

Our courses are off-the-shelf (COTS), web-based, and designed for quick customization and rapid implementation.

Course Overview for Computer Security Awareness Training

We understand that employees have varying degrees of knowledge. Computer Security Awareness Training can be customized to meet your requirements and modules can be added or created as needed.

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• Introduction to Information Security
  • Change your perception: security is a necessity - not a burden.
  • Be a learner: Understand security threats and vulnerabilities.
  • Be proactive: Adopt good security habits.
  • Seek help and advice: Advanced technologies require educated users.
  • Computer Security is YOUR responsibility.
• Information Assurance and Security Program
  • Identify the goals of IT security.
  • Learn about your responsibilities and where to get help when you need computer assistance, or when you experience security problems.
  • Learn how your organization protects its IT resources from malicious intrusions.
  • Find out where you can get more training.
• Using IT Resources
  • Understand the responsibilities that accompany use of Government and Corporate IT resources.
  • Learn where to access your organization's policies and guidance that address appropriate use.
  • Learn about the proper use of the Internet and e-mail, and about proper personal use of your computer.
• Information Management
  • Recognize different types of sensitive information that must be protected at your organization (e.g., proprietary, Privacy Act, and confidential financial records).
  • Learn how to safely manage sensitive information (electronic and paper) in different environments.
• Local and Remote Access
  • Learn how your organization controls local and remote access.
  • Recognize the risks and responsibilities associated with user access.
  • Understand the importance of password protection and how to create strong passwords.
  • Review remote access requirements.
• Internet Safety
  • Identify different types of malicious logic.
  • Recognize signs and symptoms of a malicious logic infection.
  • Recognize the different ways that malicious logic may be proliferated.
  • Identify prevention and protection strategies.
• Physical Security and Back-ups
  • Recognize physical threats and understand how they make our IT assets vulnerable.
  • Learn about safeguards you can apply in and outside the office.
  • Understand the importance of backing up data.
• Computer Basics
  • Review your current computer security habits in light of threats and vulnerabilities.
  • Review safeguards that can be easily adopted to help ensure the security of your desktop computer.
• FISMA
  • Learn about the two sources of FISMA
  • Recognize the three objectives of FISMA
  • Understand the importance of securing government information systems
  • Understand the importance of risk assessments and security plans in securing government systems
• Phishing & Identity Theft
  • Understand what phishing and identity theft are
  • Identify a phishing scam and know how to protect yourself from it
  • Know what to do if you are a victim of identity theft
  • Know how to prevent identity theft
• Data Privacy
  • Understand what data privacy is about
  • Learn about PIA (Privacy Impact Assessment) and privacy issues
  • Understand your role & responsibility as it relates to your job
  • Learn about best practices for Protection & Prevention, Encryption, Authentication, authorization, and auditing, Storage & Administration
• Summary & Take-Home Points
  • Review what you have learned
  • Take final quiz or exam (optional)
  • Print out a certificate of completion
  • Quick reference sheet
• Resources
  • Information Technology Security Home Page
  • Security Policies and Guidelines
  • Frequently Asked Questions about the Computer Security Program
  • Federal and Private Security Organizations
  • Help Resources
  • Internal Resources Specific to the Organization

Key Features of the Security Awareness Training Solution

• Up to 60 minutes of interactive learning Your solution can be customized to fit the information needs of your culture. Our interactive, engaging, and dynamic security awareness training will help your population learn safe habits and meet compliance quickly and effectively.
• Modular format for flexibility
• Customized to fit your environment
• Pre and post tests with random questioning
• SCORM 1.2/AICC compliant
• Section 508 compliant
• Standards and regulations compliant Our solutions lay the foundation for realizing and maintaining federal and industry compliance standards.
  • FISMA
  • NIST
  • ISO 17999 / 17799 / 27002
  • HIPPA (Healthcare)
  • GLBA (Finance)
  • Sarbanes-Oxley (Corporate)
• Animation, audio, text enhancements
• Optional animated mascot
• Learning Management System capabilities (tracking and reporting for compliance)
  • Learner Registration
  • Web-Based Course Delivery
  • 24x7 Access
  • Student/Management Reporting and Tracking
  • Pre/Post tests (random questions)
  • Course Certificates
  • Email Notifications
  • Secure Report Downloads
  • Administration Features
  • Batch Uploads
• XML based
• Fully Hosted
• Flexible pricing for any situation GLS offers flexible pricing to fit any situation. Whether you are a single user, small organization or an organization with thousands of users, GLS has a program to meet your needs.
• Security Marketing Plan - implement your security awareness culture

GLS is an award-winning provider of information security awareness and education solutions.

Global Learning Systems Security Awareness Solutions

Cyber Security is the prevention of damage to any type of technology or data you have. It is also ensuring your organization has information quality built into its daily operations. Thus, security has become one of the most critical initiatives and strategic contributors for many organizations. This has made security training an "essential" component for all mandates, compliances, and overall good business sense.

Global Learning Systems, LLC (GLS) understands proper cyber security protocol and that it is everyone's responsibility. To help organizations build a security minded culture, GLS developed a Cyber Security Awareness Training (CSAT) e-learning program along with several additional modules focused on specific topics or areas of interest to any organization. Our courses meet federal agency training standards and requirements, including Section 508 compliance. Our Security Awareness training program is for government agencies, academic institutions, enterprise organizations and individual learners. Each course/module is web-based program and is designed for quick customization and rapid implementation.

GLS has delivered solutions to organizations in all industries, including many Fortune 500 companies and federal agencies. Every solution is built on a comprehensive understanding of information security issues, best practices, 20 years of training and communication experience, and a unique understanding of utilizing media and technology for effective learning. We provide a content-rich solution which engages users through a combination of web-based, interactive computer security awareness training and ongoing security awareness campaigns to ensure a security-minded culture. Security is everyone's responsibility, and we provide the knowledge and expertise to reduce threat by increasing each user's understanding of potential threats and how to avoid them with good information security practices.

While we offer a wide range of custom solutions, our security awareness team specializes in providing information security awareness solutions for today's compliance and requirement needs.

Our clients include corporations, governments, and commercial and educational sectors. Whatever your need, we can assist you in securing and maintaining protection of your information technology systems and the integrity of your proprietary resources.

We help you provide the most secure environment by focusing on your most valuable resource, your people. Security is everyone's responsibility, and we believe that true security starts with people's awareness of security threats and being empowered to avoid them. Our Computer Security Awareness Training provides users with the knowledge they need to follow organizational guidelines and make information security a integral part of everyday life.

Fast, Affordable and Effective Security Awareness Training

With 20 years of experience in customized training, our professionals are experts at integrating your unique content into our existing training solution.

Customization options can include:

• Branding with your unique logo
• An introduction and message from your management team
• Your internal policies and procedures
• Employee responsibilities
• Incident reporting policies and instructions
• Policy agreement and tracking
• Examples relative to your unique environment.
• Easy to deploy and manage

When it comes to information security, you want a highly effective security awareness program to ensure user understanding and retention of security principles. GLS delivers engaging content to thousands of students and knows how to reach your population's interest while taking compliance a step beyond the check-mark by providing higher security awareness retention.

Customized Off the Shelf Training Courses for Security Awareness Training, Privacy Training, and beyond.

Get customized (COTS) training without breaking your budget. Every organization eventually faces unique training needs and challenges that require a quick, affordable, and effective solution. With over 25 years of experience in creating and converting customized training solutions, GLS has provided for the unique needs of clients in all industries.

Our custom course creation allows you to add new courses to your existing solution while maintaining a consistent learning environment. Whether you need web-based eLearning, webinars, classroom, or blended solutions, we can help.

Build your own courses.

GLS works with your subject matter experts (SME's) to convert your content into a measurable web-based delivery for your enterprise needs. Our instructional design experts can work with you to capture the message and knowledge you wish to communicate. We help you develop and implement customized solutions that are productive, attuned to your specific policies and procedures, and able to meet your critical objectives.

With our hosted LMS solution, we can quickly provide your employees with the training they need without disrupting your business. Some examples of content include instructor-led material, Word documents, PowerPoint presentations, and even old eLearning courses. Our instructional designers work with your subject matter experts to convert this material to a course that meets compliance standards or requirements (like Section 508 Compliance) and SCORM 1.2 compliance for delivery in GLS's or your existing LMS. In addition, our courses are content-rich and engaging, to ensure that your audience is engaged and actively participating rather than passively observing - providing greater retention than typical CBT's.

Global Learning Systems is your full service learning provider.

With the trust and respect of customers from the fortune 500, to Federal government and educational institutions, GLS has a history of providing affordable, high quality courses and successful learning solutions. Whether you need custom content, or conversion of existing content, we can deliver and deploy your custom and off-the-shelf training solutions and provide full support for your ongoing needs.

Give us a call with your specific need today and find out how we can help you implement your custom learning objectives without disrupting your business.

Featured Security Awareness Reference

"National Institutes of Health (NIH) and Global Learning Systems, LLC (GLS) experienced great collaboration on our Information Security Awareness Training project, which resulted in an engaging, interactive web-based end-product for thousands of our employees, researchers and contractors. I have received significant amounts of positive feedback and inquiries from as far away as Ireland, England and Australia. In 2004, NIH was honored by the Federal Information Systems Security Education Association (FISSEA) for winning "BEST Security Awareness Website." - Captain Cheryl A. Seaman, NIH

Let Global Learning Systems help you develop your Security Awareness program

Our strategic development and delivery methods create security-minded cultures with a comprehensive understanding of information security, and on-going security awareness and training campaigns ensure a more secure organization.

Trusted by government, education, and corporate organizations worldwide, GLS is an award-winning provider of highly effective information security awareness training and solutions.

We can help you plan and implement a comprehensive information security awareness and training campaign to foster a security-conscious environment. Our offerings include web-based courses, refresher modules, reinforcement tools and internal marketing solutions.