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SECURITY AWARENESS

Fluff or Strategic Investment?

What Is the ROI of Security Awareness Spending?

Despite its inclusion in most information security programs, there still exists both controversy and doubt around the relative effectiveness of information security awareness and training. In a series of dueling blogs in the summer of 2012, security experts discussed whether security awareness still had a place with today’s information security programs, or if it is time to abandon these efforts in favor of automated security controls.

The underlying question is whether an organization’s security posture is improved through the regular application of employee awareness training. I think most security practitioners would agree that to some ...

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