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SANS MGT 433 is a two day course that enables organizations to build high-impact, engaging awareness programs with a focus on changing behaviors. Based on the lessons learned from hundreds of organizations, we have been teaching this course for over three years now. The biggest hits of the course are the student interaction and labs that help you design and document your own customized awareness program project plan. We are excited to announce the course is now coming to London, taught by BP's Tim Harwood. Tim has hands on experience helping lead BP's awareness program for over 300,000 employees. Learn more or sign up at

• MGT433- 15/16 July - London

Folks, I'm excited to announce there are two more upcoming SANS MGT 433 courses. This is SANS' two day course on how to build high-impact, engaging security awareness programs. The content is based on the input, experiences and lessons learned of over 200 organizations. Students love the interaction with their peers and as part of the course labs you will build your own security awareness deployment plan. Learn more about the course at the SANS MGT 433 website. Upcoming dates include

• SANS San Diego - 15/16 May


• SANSFIRE DC - 15/16 June

Looking to build a new security awareness program that makes a difference? Want to pump up the volume on an existing program and go from just compliance focused to changing behaviors and reducing risk? I'll be teaching SANS two day course MGT 433 "Building a High-Impact Security Awareness Program" on 8/9 March in Orlando, Florida. Don't have the time or budget for travel? Not a problem, attend the class remotely with SANS Simulcast in the comfort of your pajamas. Sign-up now for MGT 433 Simulcast remote

Building a high-impact, engaging security awareness program can be a big challenge, there are so few planning resources and so many different skills required including communications, project management, cognitive behavior, risks assessments and metrics. As a result, most organizations have no idea where to start. If you are looking to build a new awareness program or improve an existing one, check out SANS MGT 433; a two day class dedicated to building high-impact, engaging awareness programs. It walks you step-by-step through the process, based on input from over 200 organizations. In addition you will complete numerous labs that result in your own, customized security awareness plan you can begin implementing the day you get

I recently attended the Learning 3.0 Conference in Chicago, IL. As someone whose career has been primarily about security and mitigating risk, I realized we have a lot to learn from others about cognitive behavior and the science of learning. I attended several excellent talks at the event which I'll be sharing over the week. The first lesson I want to share with you is the Forgetting Curve, research first done by Hermann Ebbinghausin 1885. The concept is human's quickly forget what they learn unless that information is