Security Awareness Training
Security awareness training that helps your people pause before a costly click.
A convincing message can reach a careful employee on a busy day. Build practical security habits around the requests your team actually receives.
Security awareness training helps employees recognize suspicious requests and check before they act. Cyber Shift Technologies provides security awareness training that arrives by email, with no logins to manage, gamified lessons, new content every month and a monthly phishing simulation, so your team practices on a fake instead of a real attack.
The Business Problem
Good intentions need a practical process.
Start with the decisions your business needs to make.
A familiar name hides an unfamiliar request
An invoice, password reset or message from a manager looks plausible. Staff need a way to verify the request that does not depend on trusting the message itself.
People hesitate to report a mistake
An employee has already clicked, replied or shared information. A clear reporting path helps them raise the concern promptly instead of trying to resolve it alone.
Training feels disconnected from the work
Generic advice is difficult to apply to supplier payments, shared documents and busy inboxes. The conversation needs to connect to decisions employees make.
What We Work Through
Useful habits for the requests that arrive every day.
Short, regular practice instead of a once-a-year slideshow.
Lessons by email, no logins
Training arrives in each employee's inbox. There's no portal account to create and no password to forget.
New content every month
Fresh lessons arrive monthly, so training stays a habit instead of a once-a-year event.
Monthly phishing simulations
Simulated phishing emails give your team safe practice spotting a fake.
Gamified to keep people engaged
Lessons are gamified, which makes it easier for people to keep up with them.
Training alongside technical defenses
Training is one layer. It works alongside email filtering, multi-factor sign-in and managed EDR/MDR, and it can't replace them.
Your Local Team
Security guidance from North Canton.
Start with your business, its locations and its priorities.
Cyber Shift Technologies is based in North Canton, Ohio, serving businesses across Northeast Ohio. Discuss your locations and support needs with our team.
Connected Services
See how the pieces work together.
Explore the related support around this part of your security plan.
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Before You Start
Security Awareness Training: your questions answered.
Clear expectations before you decide on the next step.
Does security awareness training replace email filtering?
No. Training and filtering address different parts of the problem. Filtering can reduce unwanted and malicious messages, while training helps employees handle suspicious requests that still reach them. Cyber Shift discusses both as part of layered protection, along with account security and a clear way for employees to report concerns.
What should employees do if they already clicked?
Report it right away through your IT support process, including what happened and whether information was entered or a file was opened. Not every click has the same impact, so let your IT team assess it. Cyber Shift clients can reach support 24/7/365.
What does the training look like?
Short lessons arrive in each employee's email, with no logins. New content comes out every month, the lessons are gamified, and a simulated phishing email goes out monthly so people practice spotting a fake. Training works alongside email filtering and sign-in protection rather than replacing them.
Is training included in our plan?
It depends on your plan. Security awareness training is included in some managed plans and available as an add-on with others. The training arrives as short lessons by email with no logins, with new content every month and a monthly phishing simulation. Your proposal lists which applies to your business.
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LET'S MAKE ROOM FOR WHAT'S NEXT
Make security easier to understand and act on.
Tell us how your team works and where suspicious requests cause concern. We can discuss training and the protections around it.
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330-353-8420Reviewed by John Wheeler, President / Founder