For most employees, security is something they leave for folks like us to deal with. With its new SecurED training modules, Digital Defense Inc. (DDI) is employing the oldest trick in the book—humor—to get nongeeks to realize the importance of collaborative enterprise security. DDI has partnered with Emmy-award-winning comedy writer T. Sean Shannon to develop training modules, each 5–7 minutes in length, that promote a culture of security awareness. Humorous situations are used to maintain attention and increase the "stickiness factor". The modules can be accessed via a PC, laptop, iPad/tablet or mobile device and are accessed through an organization's LMS. Designed as a year-long program to be viewed monthly, the 12 modules cover topics like password security, acceptable computer use, safe browsing, dangers of social-media sites, preventing viruses and malware and installing software from unknown sources.
