The question comes up again and again in companies – especially from an IT or HR perspective:
Isn’t the topic of IT security too critical to “only” train online?

Our answer as an e-learning agency:
Online works – if you do it right.

After all, the challenges of the digital working world are just as digital as their solutions. Cybersecurity is not a static set of rules, but a dynamic, behavior-based topic. And that is precisely why it is particularly easy to train online – if the content, formats and target groups are right for each other.

1. proximity to everyday working life
Whether working from home, mobile working or BYOD: many risks arise in the very digital environments in which employees learn. Providing a cybersecurity course online enables training directly in the context of use – realistically and comprehensibly.

2. repetition & anchoring
Unlike face-to-face training, online training can be repeated flexibly. Whether reminders, update training or escalation in the event of security incidents – digital formats offer sustainable learning effects.

3. target group-specific content
A major advantage of digital formats is that they can be adapted and varied, for example according to role, language or IT level. While standard courses often remain superficial, customized e-learning courses allow for individual depth.

There is no question that face-to-face training offers an exchange of ideas. However, it quickly reaches its limits in terms of sustainability and efficiency:

• Content is outdated – but the training is long gone
• Knowledge is lost – because it cannot be retrieved
• Many participants – but little interaction
• High planning effort – with low flexibility at the same time

Well thought-out cybersecurity online training, on the other hand, creates individual experiences that can be repeated at any time – and even react interactively.

A typical point of criticism: “Online, there is a lack of practical relevance.”
Our solution: Scenarios with storytelling in which employees are directly involved in everyday life.

What to do if a colleague sends sensitive customer data via Messenger?
Or if an IT service provider accesses the system remotely without authorization?

Such decision-making situations do not result in frontal teaching, but in self-directed behavioral training. This makes all the difference – regardless of location.

Three things are needed for online IT security training to really work:

1. Relevant content
   No abstract rules, but real threats from the work context.
2. Interactive implementation
   Drag-and-drop, dialogs, multiple choice, simulations – active learning formats increase transfer.
3. Integration into the learning process
   Cybersecurity is not a one-off topic. The best trainings are part of a continuous learning path.

We show this, for example, in the article “Cybersecurity online course as a well thought-out curriculum“.

Large companies with distributed locations, shift models or global teams in particular benefit from online solutions:

• Scalability without training trips
• Multilingualism with culturally adapted content
• Central evaluability via learning platforms (LMS)

As an e-learning company for international target groups, we develop cybersecurity training courses that are precisely tailored to internal structures – whether for logistics, energy, industry or trade.

If cybersecurity is treated as a compulsory program, even an online course is of little use. However, if content is prepared in an individual, practical and activating way, click training becomes an effective measure.

Online is not a compromise, but the best option – if you do it right.

Let us show you how cybersecurity works online – sustainably, convincingly and tailored to your target group.

A modern cybersecurity training online needs more than PDF downloads, video playlists and standard questions. It needs to be motivating, engaging and realistic. Because only those who understand why security is important will act accordingly.

If you want to implement sustainable and effective cybersecurity training in your company, we will be happy to support you – with customized e-learning courses for your IT security strategy.