Turning security awareness into actual risk reduction with training

Organizations can’t be secure if the humans who work there aren’t.

According to the latest Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR), 62% of all breaches involve the human element. Yet, traditional security solutions, like attack surface management and vulnerability scanners, ignore this critical vulnerability and focus on discovering technical assets and vulnerabilities.

Simultaneously, regulatory pressure is increasing. Major compliance frameworks including ISO 27001, NIS2, and DORA strictly mandate regular security training. Under regulations like NIS2 and DORA, there is a specific emphasis on corporate leadership. Management must actively drive security training initiatives and go through specialized, management-focused training themselves.

At Aftra, we have prioritized human risk from day one. Why? Because attackers do. Features like our unique employee footprint monitoring and password breach exposure give visibility into human vulnerabilities. But visibility alone isn’t enough. Your team also needs to understand why those risks matter, how to fix the issues we surface, and how to avoid them in the future.

That’s why we’ve launched Aftra Security Training to bridge this exact gap.

The problem with traditional security awareness

Most traditional security awareness platforms rely on generic slides, compliance videos, or multiple-choice quizzes. Staff completes them once a year to fulfill a mandate, then immediately forget what they learned.

Aftra takes a fundamental shift in this approach by combining entertaining video training with personalized real-time exposure data. When employees see their own digital footprint, leaked passwords, and linked services alongside training modules, security stops being abstract. It becomes personal.

What makes Aftra’s approach different?

• Combined awareness & immediate remediation: Instead of giving employees abstract advice, Aftra shows team members what a hacker can actually find about them, including exposed credentials and external services tied to their work email. We then guide them to fix these issues on the spot.
• Complete cyber risk visibility: Unify contextualized attack surface management, vulnerability scanning, and human risk insights in one single place, eliminating the need to manage fragmented tools.
• High-quality, engaging content: Powered by AwareGO, our training modules use real-world scenarios and humor to keep teams engaged rather than bored.
• Audit-Ready compliance support: Effortlessly satisfy ISO 27001, NIS2, and DORA training requirements using automated tracking and centralized management dashboards.

Inside the Aftra security training experience

Aftra Security Training walks each employee through a self-paced, guided workflow designed to build safe everyday security habits.

Practical core lessons

1. Office security: Tailgating, unknown USB drives, clean-desk policy
2. Communication security: Social engineering, phishing indicators, safe email use
3. Password security: Password reuse risks, password managers, Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)

Personalized digital review

Review work email usage across restricted vs. approved external services with clear removal guidelines.

Password leak review & remediation

Identify known leaked credentials, understand exposure implications, update passwords, and enable MFA. All information about leaked credentials is private and only shown to the individual.

Personal confirmation & completion

Participants confirm they have reviewed exposure and executed required corrective actions

Streamlined administration & monitoring

For IT managers and security administrators, setting up and tracking progress is straightforward.

• Flexible enrollment: Enroll team members individually or in bulk, choose from supported languages (English, Icelandic, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, and Finnish), preview course materials, and set completion windows.
• Automated reminders: Aftra automatically sends notifications and follow-up emails as deadlines approach.
• Management dashboard: Gain real-time visibility into enrollment coverage, completion rates, pending assignments, and an active log to identify where follow-ups are needed.

What’s to come?

The general security training highlighted in the blog is just the beginning. Later this month we are launching training catered specifically to executives, covering topics that concern them specifically.

As we develop this feature further we will continue to add specialized training tracks and continuously update the training content we provide.

Experience Aftra Security Training and more this October

To mark Cybersecurity Awareness Month, we are offering full access to Aftra through a free trial throughout October. Discover your external attack surface, contextualized to your business and footprint, evaluate human risk exposure, and see how personalized training drives real risk reduction across your team.

Sign up anytime this month and get access for 30 days.

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