Workforce cyber awareness gets a boost with Fortinet’s new service

Fortinet® has announced the availability of its Security Awareness and Training service, which will help businesses improve their security posture by advancing their employees’ cybersecurity skills and knowledge. According to a Fortinet survey, 73% of organizations experienced at least one intrusion or breach that was caused in part by a lack of cybersecurity skills. This new service benefits any company that wants to reduce threats by increasing employee cybersecurity awareness and training by providing:

• Curriculum from award-winning Fortinet Training Institute: The service was created by the Fortinet Training Institute, which offers cybersecurity certification and training through a variety of programs. For the quality of its content and programs, the Fortinet Training Institute has received numerous industry awards. Building on the award-winning curriculum, the new service will assist organizations worldwide in educating users on the importance of vigilance in the face of increasingly sophisticated cyberthreats, as well as how to recognize and avoid becoming a victim of cyberattacks.
• Alignment to NIST 800-50 and NIST 800-16 guidelines: The service adheres to the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) guidelines – NIST 800-50 and NIST 800-16 – and provides engaging and relevant training and awareness on topics such as information security, data privacy, physical security, password protection, and internet security.
• Intelligence-driven training: The Security Awareness and Training service, which leverages FortiGuard Labs threat intelligence, provides training that is informed by developments observed across the threat landscape. Coursework includes insights to further train employees on today’s threats, preventing them from becoming victims of the most recent potential cyberattacks.

John Maddison, EVP of Products and CMO at Fortinet said, “Fortinet is

committed to keeping organizations secure through our industry-leading technology and award-winning training and certifications curriculum. Designed by the Fortinet Training Institute, today we’re introducing the new Security Awareness and Training service, offering any organization the ability to further protect their critical digital assets from cyber threats by building employee cybersecurity awareness. This service uniquely is informed by Fortinet’s FortiGuard Labs threat intelligence so that employees are learning and keeping up with the latest evolving cyberattack methods.”

Employees Increasingly Become Targets for Cyber Attackers

Employees can be a strong line of defense at their organizations, but at the same time if they aren’t aware of the methods threat actors use, they can introduce risks and make their organization vulnerable to attacks. A robust security architecture is only part of a company’s security strategy. Employees also need to be cyber aware to truly protect a company’s valuable digital assets. 

As threat sophistication only continues to rise, it is especially crucial that employees have a good understanding of cybersecurity best practices. With attack methods changing constantly, employees’ education and awareness of the threat landscape needs to keep up.

Advancing Cybersecurity Skillsets Through Fortinet’s Security Awareness and Training Service

Fortinet’s new service is intended to address security, IT, and compliance leaders’ growing concerns about threats and their workforce’s ability to maintain proper cyber hygiene. The Fortinet Security Awareness and Training service lowers the likelihood of a breach caused by an employee falling for a phishing email, clicking on a malicious link, or falling victim to social engineering. The service also assists leaders in meeting regulatory or industry compliance training requirements in compliance-sensitive organizations.

Building on its existing awareness training, Fortinet Security Awareness and Training is very affordable and easy to create, launch, and manage ongoing awareness campaigns among employees and users.