Global use of cybersecurity training by employees 2024, by type

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Alexandra Borgeaud,
Mar 10, 2025
A 2024 survey of end users and IT security professionals worldwide found that computer-based security awareness training was the most popular among the respondents. Additionally, around 37 percent attended in-person cybersecurity trainings, while another 34 percent of respondents mentioned having taken part in virtual, instructor-led trainings.

Attendance of cybersecurity training by employees worldwide in 2024, by type

CharacteristicShare of respondents
Computer-based training 45%
Newsletter and emails 38%
In-person training 37%
Simulated phishing attacks 34%
Virtual, instructor-led training 34%
Cybersecurity-based contests and prizes 33%
Smishing and vishing simulations 32%
Awareness posters and videos 31%
Internal cybersecurity chat channel 30%
Simulated USB drops 23%
Internal wiki 23%
My company does not have a security awareness program 1%
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Created with Highcharts 7.2.2Share of respondents45%45%38%38%37%37%34%34%34%34%33%33%32%32%31%31%30%30%23%23%23%23%1%1%Computer-based trainingNewsletter and emailsIn-person trainingSimulated phishing attacksVirtual, instructor-led trainingCybersecurity-based contests and prizesSmishing and vishing simulationsAwareness posters and videosInternal cybersecurity chat channelSimulated USB dropsInternal wikiMy company does not have a security awareness program
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March 2024

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Worldwide

Survey time period

2024

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Data is based on a survey of 7,500 end users and 1,050 IT security professionals across 15 countries worldwide. Moreover, the source examined 183 million simulated phishing messages sent by its customers and over 24 million user-reported emails to uncover user vulnerability, behavior change, and risk.

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