IT Induction and Information Security Awareness

CHAPTER 1: PUTTING IT INDUCTION IN PERSPECTIVE

Do you find the terms IT Induction and IT Introduction being used interchangeably? If yes, then it is also likely that you will have new employees in your organisation who, being IT competent, are wondering why they need to attend an IT Introduction programme, and are most likely raising objections at such a proposition. Understandably so. If you are not experiencing a conflict of these terms then you are in an enviable position.

To explain:

Introduction is about a first experience of a subject or activity, so you would expect an IT Introduction programme to focus on instruction on how to use IT, a skills-based training event for instance, and unlike induction, an introduction has a conclusion, ...