Professional course · CSAC-1

Creating Security Awareness Campaigns

Design, plan and deliver targeted campaigns that educate employees, influence behaviour and reduce security risk.

Security awareness campaign communications connected to employees and organisational security
Duration1 day / 6 hours
DeliveryOnline or in-company
LanguageEnglish
Course codeCSAC-1
FeeAvailable upon application

Who should attend

For internal security teams creating or improving awareness campaigns

Internal security departments

Security awareness leads

Communications and engagement teams

Managers responsible for security culture

Course purpose

Turn awareness into action

This course covers the key principles and strategies required to build a practical security awareness campaign.

Participants learn how to identify critical risks, understand their audience, craft clear messages, select suitable communication channels and design activities that encourage participation and understanding.

By the end of the course, participants can plan and implement an organisation-wide campaign that supports a proactive security mindset.

Course focus

What participants will explore

Identify critical security risks and campaign priorities

Understand audiences, behaviours and communication needs

Create clear, compelling and relevant security messages

Choose communication channels and campaign activities

Encourage participation, understanding and behaviour change

Measure campaign effectiveness and improve future activity

Operational outcomes

What participants can take back to work

A clearer approach to planning and launching security awareness campaigns

Improved ability to communicate risks in a relevant and engaging way

Greater employee participation and understanding

Stronger security culture and organisational security posture

Better ability to detect and respond to suspicious activity

More effective use of campaign resources and investment

Message design

Match the message to the purpose

Awareness

Draw attention to an issue
Broad and attention-grabbing.

Informative

Deliver factual information
Educational and explanatory.

Persuasive

Change behaviour or beliefs
Motivational and benefit-driven.

Instructional

Teach how to do something
Step-by-step guidance.

Idea generation

Brainstorming methods for campaign ideas

Use structured methods to move from a broad security concern to practical, audience-relevant campaign concepts.

  • Mind mapping
  • SWOT analysis
  • Affinity diagrams
  • SCAMPER technique
  • Empathy mapping
  • 5 Whys
  • Random word association
  • Role play
  • Silent brainstorming
  • Audience needs
  • Message purpose
  • Communication channels
  • Participation activities
  • Measures of effectiveness

Campaign planning

Use SWOT to test the campaign

Strengths

What can the organisation already do well?

Weaknesses

Where may capability, attention or trust be limited?

Opportunities

What could improve awareness, participation or resilience?

Threats

What could undermine the campaign or its intended effect?

Delivery options

Adapt the course to your organisation

Delivered online via Zoom or Microsoft Teams, or in-company for organisational teams. Course fee available upon application.

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