Your Security Awareness Strengthened.
See how SAT equips employees to recognize threats, avoid phishing, and protect your business through ongoing training and real-world simulations.
Security Awareness Training that protects your business from a breach.
Security Awareness Training (SAT) teaches employees how to recognize, avoid, and report cyber threats, especially phishing, through short, relevant training and real-world simulations. Aureon offers scalable solutions tailored to your business. We help reduce costs, simplify IT management, and improve the experience for both employees and customers.
Turn Employees Into Your First Line of Defense Against Today’s
Most Common Cyber Threats.
Ongoing Security Awareness Training reduces phishing risk by up to 86% through better employee awareness.
Organizations with regular security training see up to 70% fewer security incidents.
46% of cyber breaches impact businesses with fewer than 1,000 employees, where training has the biggest impact.
What Is Security Awareness Training?
“Security Awareness Training (SAT) is an ongoing educational program that teaches employees how to recognize, avoid, and report cyber threats — particularly phishing, social engineering, and business email compromise. Unlike technology-based security tools, SAT targets human error, which accounts for 74% of all data breaches (Source: Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report, 2024). Programs deliver short, recurring training sessions and real-world phishing simulations to build lasting behavior change.”
Instead of long, forgettable training sessions, SAT delivers short, relevant lessons paired with real-world simulations to create lasting behavior change across the organization.
What’s the Difference Between Managed and Self-Managed SAT?
| Aureon SAT | Other SAT Companies | |
|---|---|---|
| SAT Program Operations | ||
| Training Content | ✕ | ✕ |
| Phishing Button | ✕ | ✕ |
| Phishing Simulations | Aureon supports | End user manages |
| Phishing Campaigns | Aureon supports | End user manages |
| Threat Blocking / Extra Layer | Aureon manages | End user manages + add-on fees |
| User Management | Aureon supports | End user manages |
| Executive Reporting | Included + Quarterly Reviews | End user manages + add-on fees |
| Onboarding | Aureon supports | End user supports |
| Campaigns (delivery/ops) | Aureon supports | End user supports |
| Compliance Coverage | Included with Aureon SAT | Add-on extras |
| Complexity Level | Aureon managed | End user manages |
| Business Engagement | Minimal efforts | Extreme efforts |
| Employee Training | Aureon supports | End user supports |
| Training Frequency | Monthly mini sessions | Annual |
| Corrective Learning | High correction learning | Low correction learning |
Ready to reduce human risk? Let’s tailor a SAT program to your organization.
Features of Aureon’s Security Awareness Training
Reduces Human Error
Security Awareness Training helps employees recognize phishing and social engineering threats before they turn into security incidents.
Improves Threat Response
Improves Threat ResponseEmployees learn how to quickly identify and report suspicious emails, helping teams respond faster and limit potential damage.
Delivers Measurable Results
Delivers Measurable ResultsOngoing training and automated reporting provide clear insight into behavior changes and overall risk reduction.
Supports Compliance Effortlessly
Short, relevant training meets compliance requirements without disrupting productivity or daily workflows.
Frequently Asked Questions
Security Awareness Training (SAT) is an ongoing educational program that teaches employees how to recognize, avoid, and report cyber threats — particularly phishing, social engineering, and business email compromise. Unlike technology-based security tools, SAT targets human error, which accounts for 74% of all data breaches (Verizon 2024 DBIR). Programs deliver short, recurring training sessions and real-world phishing simulations to build lasting behavior change.
Training is delivered in short sessions throughout the year, typically taking only a few minutes at a time, so employees stay informed on evolving threats without disrupting productivity. Aureon delivers short monthly sessions rather than annual training to reinforce learning continuously and keep phishing recognition skills sharp.
No. Security Awareness Training complements existing security technology by addressing human error, which accounts for 74% of all breaches (Verizon 2024 DBIR). It works alongside firewalls, email filters, and endpoint protection as an additional layer of defense — turning employees into a human firewall rather than a vulnerability.
Security Awareness Training supports compliance with HIPAA (employee privacy and security training requirements), GDPR (demonstrating safeguards for personal data), PCI DSS, CMMC, and SOC 2. Organizations in regulated industries often use SAT audit reports as direct evidence of compliance controls during assessments. Aureon includes compliance coverage and quarterly executive reporting as part of its managed SAT program.
Core topics include phishing and social engineering recognition, password hygiene and multi-factor authentication, safe email and web practices, secure remote work, data handling policies, and how to report suspicious activity. Topics are tailored to employee roles — a finance team faces different threats than an IT team. Aureon delivers short monthly sessions rather than annual training to reinforce learning continuously.
Effectiveness is measured through phishing simulation click rates (and how they decline over time), employee reporting rates, knowledge assessment scores, and incident frequency trends. Aureon provides quarterly executive reporting so IT leaders can demonstrate measurable risk reduction to leadership and meet compliance audit requirements.
Ready to Reduce Human Risk?
Empower your employees, strengthen your security posture, and stop threats before they become breaches. Aureon’s Security Awareness Training is built for businesses that want smarter, safer, and more resilient protection.
