Security Awareness Training November

In this two-day course you will learn to identify human risk in your organisation and how to tackle it. With the help of numerous case studies and the guidance of the lecturers, you will learn how to plan, initiate and run a security awareness programme to change behaviour in the long term. You will practice how to communicate the importance of managing human risk effectively to relevant stakeholders and how to form alliances to get support across your organisation. Earn CPE 3.75 credits per day.

Information

Cyber Security

Date

18.–19. Nov 2024

8:30–17:00 h

Place

Switch, Werdstrasse 2, 8004 Zürich

Additional Information

Learning goals

Participants will learn:

to identify, evaluate and tackle the human factor in cyber risk adequately and align it with the overall security risk management efforts.
to communicate the importance of managing human risk effectively to management.
to navigate the security awareness landscape: have a broad understanding of the tool box of effective measures and skills that will change users' attitudes and behaviours in the long term.
how to plan and initiate a security awareness programme, and to get the relevant stakeholders on board.
to tailor security education measures to specific target groups, using appropriate language and means to effectively convey the message, engage the audience and promote behaviour change.

Target Group

The content is tailored to people who are responsible for or involved in running security awareness programmes.

We welcome people from different professional backgrounds. No in-depth knowledge of communications, marketing, psychology, pedagogy or IT security needed.

Prices

Pricing	Two days theory & practice
Standard	3'000 CHF
Higher education sector	2'000 CHF
Other Switch customers	2'400 CHF

Classroom language will be German.

Trainers

Addressing the human factor successfully requires an interdisciplinary approach that can seem overwhelming at first. We've been asked many times where to start or how to improve security awareness programmes. This training is one of our answers.

Katja Dörlemann, Security Awareness Expert
Katja supports the Swiss education, research and innovation community in dealing with the human factor in information security. By organizing and participating in events, podcasts and other national cyber security initiatives, she promotes knowledge sharing and networking among experts in the field to advance the topic of security awareness. Katja has been gaining experience in the field of security awareness for more than 10 years and holds a PhD in General and Comparative Literature from the University of Zurich.