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Awareness Campaign

What is Awareness Campaign?

An organized effort to educate employees about specific security threats and best practices through multiple communication channels.

Information Security

What the standards actually require on awareness campaign

Requirements naming awareness campaign across 6 standards, quoted from the control text.

In addition to the information required by Article 8a(2) of Directive 2008/98/EC, producers or their producer responsibility organisations shall make available to end-users and distributors, for the categories they supply in a Member State, information on the...

eu-batteries-regulation-regulation-eu-2023-1542::Art 74(1) and (6) · Producers' information to end-users and distributors on prevention and management of waste batteries, and awareness campaigns →

Information need: whether employees understood the content of an awareness campaign. Measure: the share of employees, as a percentage, who pass a knowledge test, taken both ahead of the campaign and after it;

iso-iec-27004-2016::B.14 · ISMS awareness campaigns effectiveness →

The internal context is substantially within the organization's control through its governing and management systems: the nature of the legal entity; financial health and business model; internal legal structure and governing processes and functions;

iso-31022-2020::5.2.3 · Internal context of legal risk →

Audit + Drills + Training operationalise the Directions through ongoing assurance + cyber preparedness. (1) CERT-In Cyber Security Audit: organisations should undergo periodic cyber security audit by CERT-In Empanelled Information Security Auditing Organisatio...

CERTIN-Audit-Drills-Training-AwarenessProgram-CERTInExercises-CISO · CERT-In Audit + Cyber Security Drills + Training + Awareness + CERT-In Cyber Exercises + CISO + Information Security Auditor Empanelment →

Per Papua New Guinea National Cybersecurity Policy: awareness + capacity building + privacy. Requirements include (a) deliver Cybersecurity Awareness and Capacity Building programmes including awareness campaigns + training + skills development + (b) integrate...

PNGCYBER-6 · Cybersecurity Awareness, Capacity Building, and Privacy Considerations →

Articles 83 and 84: Member States develop, implement or give access to accessible, affordable training and information for health professionals on their role in primary use and access, including Articles 11, 13 and 16, and promote digital health literacy and p...

regulation-on-the-european-health-data-space-ehds::83 · Train health professionals and promote patients' digital health literacy →

Questions people ask about awareness campaign

What is Awareness Campaign?
An organized effort to educate employees about specific security threats and best practices through multiple communication channels.
Why is Awareness Campaign important for compliance?
Awareness Campaign is a key concept in Information Security. Understanding awareness campaign helps organizations meet regulatory requirements, reduce risk, and demonstrate due diligence during audits. Our compliance platform maps 1,016 frameworks with 316K cross-framework control mappings.
Which compliance frameworks address Awareness Campaign?
Awareness Campaign appears in the requirement text of EU Batteries Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2023/1542), ISO/IEC 27004:2016, ISO 31022:2020, India CERT-In Cyber Security Directions 2022, Papua New Guinea National Cybersecurity Policy & Cybercrime Act (2016). Across these standards we have identified 6 controls that name it directly, each linked to the control text on the compliance platform.
Where can I learn more about Awareness Campaign?
Explore our compliance framework pages to see how awareness campaign applies across different standards and regulations. Our implementation guides provide step-by-step guidance, and the compliance platform offers AI-powered analysis of how this concept maps across 1,016 frameworks.

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