Needs Assessment for IT Security Awareness and Training

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A process that can be used to determine an organization’s awareness and training needs. The results of a needs assessment can provide justification to convince management to allocate adequate resources to meet the identified awareness and training needs.

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NISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 21 senseview framework →

§1: A process that can be used to determine an organization’s awareness and training needs. The results of a needs assessment can provide justification to convince management to allocate adequate resources to meet the identified awareness and training needs.

NIST SP 800-501 senseview framework →

§1: A process that can be used to determine an organization’s awareness and training needs. The results of a needs assessment can provide justification to convince management to allocate adequate resources to meet the identified awareness and training needs.