Wombat Security launches GDPR training module

Our security awareness training partner, Wombat Security Technologies, has launched a new interactive training module, GDPR: A Practical Overview, designed to improve employee data handling skills and awareness of the new EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) which comes into effect next year.

Wombat's Security Education Platform focuses on engaging the learner and changing behaviour through interactive and engaging training modules and assessments delivered in bite-sized chunks, providing instant feedback.

The new Wombat GDPR module content has been developed with help from multiple subject matter experts including our Data Protection consultants.

Key areas of learning included in the GDPR module:

Why the General Data Protection Regulation was developed
Why all employees have a role to play within GDPR
How GDPR classifies personal data
What type of organization GDPR applies to
What is considered a data breach
Penalties for non-compliance
New individual privacy rights for individuals regarding data consent, access and erasure
Key data security and data privacy guidelines
The roles and responsibilities of the Data Protection Officer
Four key areas to increase compliance and decrease risk: accountability; data mapping; detecting and reporting exposure; data erasure

About Wombat Security Technologies

We partner with Gartner - leading security awareness training solution Wombat Security Technologies, to provide interactive, engaging and memorable cybersecurity awareness training for your end users.

Wombat Security’s training methodology uses proven learning science principles. Employees work through interactive modules and are provided with immediate feedback to reinforce the good habits they have learned.

Wombat Security Technologies Practical concepts increase learning retention and can provide your organization with data about information security strengths and weaknesses, so you know where you can improve. Wombat Security’s interactive training approach reduces your organizations susceptibility to an attack. Using these learning science principles to create “teachable moments”, Wombat’s training has been proven to be significantly more effective than other traditional training solutions.

In addition to their training, Wombat provides a simulated phishing attack tool, ThreatSim, along with their quiz building tool CyberStrength.

Wombat’s products are used in sectors including finance, government, telecommuincations, health care, retail, education, transportation and utilities to name but a few.

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Wombat Security launches GDPR training module

Key areas of learning included in the GDPR module: