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Security Awareness Program

What is Security Awareness Program?

A structured initiative to build and maintain employee knowledge about cybersecurity risks, policies, and best practices through ongoing education.

Information Security

Frameworks that govern security awareness program

ISO 27001:2022View framework →NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0View framework →CIS Controls v8View framework →

What the standards actually require on security awareness program

Requirements naming security awareness program across 2 standards, quoted from the control text.

PCI DSS 4.02 controls

The security awareness program is reviewed at least once every 12 months and updated as needed to address emerging threats and vulnerabilities relevant to the cardholder data environment.

12.6.2 · Security awareness program reviewed annually →
CIS Controls v81 control

Establish and maintain a security awareness program. The purpose of a security awareness program is to educate the enterprise’s workforce on how to interact with enterprise assets and data in a secure manner.

CIS-14.1 · Establish and Maintain a Security Awareness Program →

Questions people ask about security awareness program

What is Security Awareness Program?
A structured initiative to build and maintain employee knowledge about cybersecurity risks, policies, and best practices through ongoing education.
Why is Security Awareness Program important for compliance?
Security Awareness Program is a key concept in Information Security. Understanding security awareness program helps organizations meet regulatory requirements, reduce risk, and demonstrate due diligence during audits. Our compliance platform maps 686 frameworks with 311K cross-framework control mappings.
Which compliance frameworks address Security Awareness Program?
Security Awareness Program appears in the requirement text of PCI DSS 4.0, CIS Controls v8. Across these standards we have identified 3 controls that name it directly, each linked to the control text on the compliance platform.
Where can I learn more about Security Awareness Program?
Explore our compliance framework pages to see how security awareness program 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 686 frameworks.

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Written and maintained by Gerard Blokdyk, The Art of Service.