# Security Culture and Awareness
One-sentence definition: Organization-wide behaviors and beliefs that prioritize secure actions through training, reinforcement, and leadership example.
## Key Facts
- Program elements: role-based training, phishing sims, just-in-time prompts.
- Align content to risks (e.g., social engineering, data handling).
- Measure via completion, phishing fail rate, reporting rate (KPI/KRI).
- Positive reinforcement beats punitive-only approaches.
- Leadership modeling and communications shape culture.
- Integrate into onboarding, change, and incident lessons learned.
- **Label:** **Human layer** control; cost-effective risk reduction.
- **Verify:** check official (ISC)² CBK and current exam outline.
## Exam Relevance
- Choose controls that improve human behavior and reduce risk.
**Mnemonic:** “Teach, Test, Tune.”
## Mini Scenario
Q: Repeated phishing clicks—most impactful next step?
A: Targeted training + simulated phishing + positive feedback loop.
## Revision Checklist
- List 3 program elements.
- Name 2 metrics that show improvement.
- Link a top risk to a training module.
## Related
[[Acceptable Use Policy (AUP)]] · [[Control Types and Categories]] · [[Compliance and Regulatory Concepts]] · [[Security Governance]] · [[Threat vs Vulnerability vs Risk]] · [[Domain 1 - Index]]