Session: Level Up Your Security Game: Unleashing the Fun Factor in Awareness Programs
In today's rapidly evolving digital landscape, organizations face numerous challenges in fostering a strong security culture among their employees. This workshop aims to equip attendees with a framework for developing a strong security awareness program that not only educates in a fun way, but also creates a lasting impact. Learn from program creators who regularly achieve over a 98% security awareness training on-time completion rate and developed an annual cybersecurity awareness month program harnessing the power of gamification to enhance learning outcomes and promote active participation at all employee levels.
This workshop will empower attendees to develop innovative approaches to strengthen their organization's cybersecurity culture. This workshop will delve into the concept of gamification, pop culture, cross-company collaboration, and data-driven insights to create a dynamic learning environment that empowers participants to become security champions.
Bio
Reedhima is Slalom Chicago’s Woman in Technology global lead and the founder of Slalom Hacktober, Slalom’s first ever month-long event dedicated to cybersecurity awareness. Her passion for empowering women in technology and cybersecurity development sparked from her Master's Degree at Northwestern University, where she worked at the crossroads of startup development, product management, and UX/UI design and research. She now works as a Technical Program Manager in Cybersecurity, educating the company on how to use cybersecurity as their own personal, inexhaustible form of magic.
Brooke leads Slalom's Security Operations, Incident Response, and Training team, and was Slalom's first ever female security professional. She advocates for advancing women in security, particularly those from non-traditional technical backgrounds, through mentorship and speaking opportunities. Brooke believes that securing the human is the first step to securing an organization, and focuses on creating custom security awareness programs that address each organization's unique challenges, risk thresholds, and culture.