IT Security Training strives to produce relevant and needed security skills and competencies by practitioners of functional specialties other than IT security (e.g., management, systems design and development, acquisition, auditing). The most significant difference between training and awareness is that training seeks to teach skills, which allow a person to perform a specific function, while awareness seeks to focus an individual's attention on an issue or set of issues. The skills acquired during training are built upon the awareness foundation, in particular, upon the security basics and literacy material. (SP 800-50) (NISTIR) Cyber Glossary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
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IT Security Training strives to produce relevant and needed security skills and competencies by practitioners of functional specialties other than IT security (e.g., management, systems design and development, acquisition, auditing). The most significant difference between training and awareness is that training seeks to teach skills, which allow a person to perform a specific function, while awareness seeks to focus an individual's attention on an issue or set of issues. The skills acquired during training are built upon the awareness foundation, in particular, upon the security basics and literacy material. (SP 800-50) (NISTIR) Cyber Glossary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
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Election Security Glossary. (2026). It Security Training. In Election Security Glossary. Retrieved August 21, 2026, from https://electionsecurityglossary.com/glossary/it-security-training
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