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From compliance to impact: Tracing the transformation of an organisational security awareness programme

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  • Haney, Julie

    (National Institute of Standards and Technology, USA)

  • Lutters, Wayne

    (College of Information Studies, USA)

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There is a growing recognition of the need for a transformation from organisational security awareness programmes focused on compliance, measured by training completion rates, to those resulting in behaviour change. Few researchers or practitioners, however, have begun to unpack the organisational practices of the security awareness teams tasked with executing programme transformation. The authors of this paper conducted a year-long case study of a security awareness programme in a US government agency, collecting data via observations, interviews and documents. Their findings reveal the challenges and practices involved in the progression of a security awareness programme from being compliance-focused to emphasising impact on workforce attitudes and behaviours. The authors capture transformational organisational security awareness practices in action from multiple workforce perspectives. The study insights can serve as a resource for other security awareness programmes and workforce development initiatives aimed at better defining the security awareness work role.

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  • Haney, Julie & Lutters, Wayne, 2025. "From compliance to impact: Tracing the transformation of an organisational security awareness programme," Cyber Security: A Peer-Reviewed Journal, Henry Stewart Publications, vol. 8(2), pages 110-130, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:aza:csj000:y:2025:v:8:i:2:p:110-130
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    Keywords

    cyber security; awareness; training; compliance; measures; case study;
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    • M15 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - IT Management

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