So yes there is unfortunately a small number of people in the corporate world who need that specific training but what it mostly is is plausible deniability for the company. In case you do get your password stolen or some such the company can then turn around and say that you had the mandated security training which makes it easier to let you go. It’s all so they can cover their asses
The company does not make you take ladder training so you can learn how to climb a ladder, its so if you fall off, a lawyer can ask if you were following the ladder training exactly.
Could also be some compliance thing. The only job where I had mandatory security training was incidentally the same one where I had mandatory HIPAA training.
Funny enough I’ve worked at several companies where they will tell you to take the training and if you don’t do it they’ll keep telling you but after a while they just stop.
So yes there is unfortunately a small number of people in the corporate world who need that specific training but what it mostly is is plausible deniability for the company. In case you do get your password stolen or some such the company can then turn around and say that you had the mandated security training which makes it easier to let you go. It’s all so they can cover their asses
I have told my coworkers before.
The company does not make you take ladder training so you can learn how to climb a ladder, its so if you fall off, a lawyer can ask if you were following the ladder training exactly.
Could also be some compliance thing. The only job where I had mandatory security training was incidentally the same one where I had mandatory HIPAA training.
Funny enough I’ve worked at several companies where they will tell you to take the training and if you don’t do it they’ll keep telling you but after a while they just stop.