17.2: Deliver Training to Fill the Skills Gap

Deliver training to address the skills gap identified to positively impact workforce members’ security behavior.

Asset Type

Security Function

Implementation Groups

N/A

N/A

2, 3

Dependencies

  • Sub-control 17.1: Perform a Skills Gap Analysis

Inputs

  1. Skills gap topics (areas of weakness as determined by the skills gap analysis in Sub-Control 17.1)

  2. Modules/topics covered in the organization’s security awareness training

Operations

  1. For each skills gap in Input 1, determine if that topic is adequately covered in the organization’s security awareness training program (Input 2).
    1. Create a list of the topics that are adequately covered (M1)

    2. Create a list of the topics that are not adequately covered (M2) including notes on what needs to be added to achieve adequate coverage of the topic.

Measures

  • M1 = List of skills gap topics that are adequately covered in the organization’s security awareness training

  • M2 = List of skills gap topics that are not adequately covered in the organization’s security awareness training

  • M3 = Count of skills gap topics that are adequately covered in the organization’s security awareness program (count of M1)

  • M4 = Total count of skills gap topics (count of Input 1)

Metrics

Coverage

Metric

The ratio of skills gap topics that are adequately covered in the organization’s
security awareness training

Calculation

M3 / M4