Studies consistently show that security awareness training produces a short-term improvement in behavior that fades within 4 to 6 months without reinforcement. Annual training produces annual compliance - not year-round security behavior. BetterWorld Technology's program uses monthly phishing simulations and short, frequent training touchpoints to maintain behavioral change over time.
Our click rate on phishing simulations dropped from 34 percent to 6 percent in 12 months. The difference was monthly simulations with immediate reinforcement, not annual video training.
CISO, Nonprofit Healthcare Network