Mike Meyers' CompTIA Security+ Certification Guide (Exam SY0-401)

MODULE 37

Security Training

The previous module discussed social engineering and how people can be a significant security weakness in the entire system, network, and organization. This module will look at how you can minimize the effects of human security risks. Because there’s no patch for being human, and you can’t really create a new firewall rule or develop a new method of encryption to mitigate human security risks, the best way to mitigate this is by providing adequate security training and education so that users know what the stakes are and how they can do their part to protect data and systems.

Security Awareness and Training

Unfortunately, in this world of rapidly shrinking resources, when managers and executives look at cutting budgets, ...