What security awareness training is
Security awareness training teaches employees to recognise and respond to cyber threats: phishing emails, malicious links, fake invoices, social engineering calls, weak passwords and careless data handling. Modern programmes combine short, regular lessons with phishing simulations that test what people have learned in realistic conditions.
New to the subject? Start with what is security awareness training.
Why it matters for UK organisations
- Phishing remains one of the most commonly reported attack types against UK businesses in government cyber security surveys
- Insurers, auditors and customers increasingly ask for evidence of staff training
- Data protection law expects appropriate organisational measures, and training is one of them; see GDPR training for staff
- Technical controls such as Cyber Essentials work best when staff understand them
Training topics we cover
- Cyber security awareness training fundamentals
- Phishing awareness training and phishing simulation
- Social engineering training: vishing, smishing, pretexting and invoice fraud
- Security awareness training for employees, including new-starter induction
- Security awareness training for small business
- Information security awareness training for regulated teams
How Forever Systems runs your training programme
We are vendor-agnostic. We will recommend the platform that suits your size, sector and budget, then run it for you so it actually happens month after month.
- Baseline phishing test to measure where you start
- Platform selection and set-up, with single sign-on and automatic user sync where available
- A year-round schedule of short modules and simulated phishing campaigns
- Reporting for the board, insurers and auditors, showing completion and click-rate trends
- Joined-up defences: email security, MFA and endpoint protection so training is backed by technology
Forever Systems Ltd provides IT and cyber security services to UK organisations.
Want a baseline phishing test for your team?
Talk to Forever Systems on 0333 358 3808 or send us an enquiry and we will come back to you with options, not a hard sell.
Call 0333 358 3808Send an enquiryFrequently asked questions
How often should staff do security awareness training?
Little and often works best: a short module each month plus regular simulated phishing, rather than one long annual session that people forget.
Which security awareness training platform do you use?
We are vendor-agnostic and choose the platform that fits your organisation. Read more on security awareness training software.
Can you prove training is working?
Yes. We report completion rates, phishing click and report rates and how they change over time.