Global cybersecurity training use by type 2024

A 2024 survey of end users and IT security professionals worldwide found that computer-based security awareness training was the most popular among the respondents. Additionally, around 37 percent attended in-person cybersecurity trainings, while another 34 percent of respondents mentioned having taken part in virtual, instructor-led trainings.

Attendance of cybersecurity training by employees worldwide in 2024, by type

Characteristic	Share of respondents
Computer-based training	45%
Newsletter and emails	38%
In-person training	37%
Simulated phishing attacks	34%
Virtual, instructor-led training	34%
Cybersecurity-based contests and prizes	33%
Smishing and vishing simulations	32%
Awareness posters and videos	31%
Internal cybersecurity chat channel	30%
Simulated USB drops	23%
Internal wiki	23%
My company does not have a security awareness program	1%

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March 2024

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Worldwide

Survey time period

2024

Supplementary notes

Data is based on a survey of 7,500 end users and 1,050 IT security professionals across 15 countries worldwide. Moreover, the source examined 183 million simulated phishing messages sent by its customers and over 24 million user-reported emails to uncover user vulnerability, behavior change, and risk.

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