We’re so grateful for the space InfoSecurity gave our founder Simeon Quarrie to talk about how effective storytelling can be when teaching an audience about cyber security. It’s no secret that storytelling is at the core of everything Vivida does and this article is a great read for those looking to find out why:
Why Storytelling Should be at the Heart of Security Training
Simeon Quarrie, 3rd November 2020
We have all been there – another dreaded training session. Users sit there whilst some poor member of the IT team gives a talk on the importance of having a complex password or the reasons you shouldn’t leave your laptop unattended in a public place.
Users listen – or don’t – to the presentation, or sit at their desk, clicking their way through the latest iteration of computer-based training as fast as they can. I’ve been there – it often feels patronising or boring and is in no way memorable or engaging.
For the CISO, it must be extremely frustrating. They give talks and seminars and roll out the best tools available on the market to educate and protect their users, who persist with ‘Password1978’ or click on that dodgy looking email. It is only natural to ask why this behaviour endures and what more you can do. The answer lies in storytelling, but even the best training solutions available on the market don’t make nearly enough use of this powerful tool.
When the abstract becomes real
As someone that is a relative newcomer to the security industry, I really do have sympathy with both sides of this equation.
I never had much of an interest in cybersecurity – it was always something that happened over there, to those people. It was something that I thought you really only had to worry about if you were a big company. I never thought I would be the victim of a breach – what would they have to gain from coming after a small business owner like me? I thought I was outside of the cybercriminal’s gaze. I was wrong.
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