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
Characteristic
Share 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
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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