Creating security culture through teamwork

We are often told how important it is to “establish a security culture” through a security awareness, training and education program. Its easy enough to say but in reality is difficult to achieve. If you have ever sat down to plan such a program from scratch, or if you have actually set up an awareness program (perhaps as part of your ISO/IEC 27002 Information Security Management System), you will probably appreciate just how difficult it is to do in practice. Security awareness is far from simple.

Security awareness, training and education activities are often funded from information security management or training budgets. Professional training courses on technical information security topics typically soak up a significant amount of the budget leaving little for the remainder. Security awareness often ends up being someone’s part-time job.

NoticeBored Classic is more than just a bunch of awareness materials - it embodies a unique co-operative approach to security awareness. We research, develop and deliver a fresh batch of high-quality creative awareness materials each month leaving you free to concentrate on interacting with your employees. 

Security awareness materials on tap

According to the UK Department of Trade and Industry: “A well-trained, well-informed workforce is one of the most powerful weapons in an information security manager’s arsenal.” Unfortunately, though, many information security managers are simply too busy dealing with urgent security issues to put sufficient energy into security education, training and awareness. Writing effective content for an awareness program or for security awareness training can be a distracting chore and is usually a low priority.

NoticeBored to the rescue! Information security awareness is what we do. We concentrate our resources on researching the awareness topics and preparing high quality professional awareness materials. Our qualified and experienced authors create a comprehensive electronic package of ready-to-use content for awareness programs every month.

NoticeBored Classic helps employees climb the awareness ladder through creative awareness-raising materials and fun activities that go well beyond the traditional approach. All in all, NoticeBored Classic is a truly innovative and cost-effective service.

Continuous/ongoing awareness

NoticeBored Classic delivers a stream of high-quality awareness materials covering a different information security topic every month. With a rolling IT security awareness program, there is always something new and eye-catching. New information security risks can be covered as they emerge, making the materials highly topical and directly relevant to the real world.

NIST says “awareness presentations must be on-going, creative, and motivational, with the objective of focusing the learner’s attention so that the learning will be incorporated into conscious decision-making.”  NoticeBored Classic’s continuous drip-feed approach puts old-fashioned one-off or sporadic security awareness activities to shame . Month-by-month, NoticeBored Classic covers all the key information security issues and controls through a broad range of interesting subject materials. Your employees receive information and advice in formats that suit their needs with each awareness message reinforcing the next.  The monthly cycle integrates major news stories as they break, picking out the information security aspects of incidents such as the STORM worm last year. Our awareness programs are topical, relevant and memorable. Instead of being dull and boring, information security becomes a dynamic, interesting and engaging learning experience for the whole organization with NoticeBored Classic.