5 Reasons to Invest in a Gamified Cybersecurity Program for Your Company

Cybersecurity is an extremely important topic for any company around the world, right? After all, with the growing number of cyberattacks on organizations from different sectors, an efficient strategy to protect the corporate environment is essential.

Did you know that a 100% gamified cybersecurity awareness program could be your biggest ally in this endeavor? 

Here are five reasons to invest in a gamified cybersecurity program for your company!

1. Risks on the rise

According to a 2022 study by Statista, in partnership with Proofpoint, 85% of organizations have suffered mass phishing attacks – and they will remain the leading attack vector in 2023, according to IBM. 

The drastic rise in attacks is coupled with soaring financial losses. The average cost of a data breach in 2023 was USD 4.45 million. 

At the end of the day, it takes a human to click on a link for phishing to cause financial and reputational damage to a company, right? No wonder 95% of cyber risks are associated with human error (World Economic Forum, 2022). 

2. Improved engagement

One of the biggest hurdles for companies is engaging employees in cybersecurity dynamics. Old formats, based on offering an annual lecture on cybersecurity, no longer work. 

And this is where a 100% gamified cybersecurity awareness program can help. One of the main advantages of gamified cybersecurity is increased employee engagement. 

Games are naturally engaging and challenging, making teams more likely to dedicate themselves to the training when it is presented playfully and interactively.

3. Learning through practice

Gamified cybersecurity offers your employees the opportunity to learn through experience! 

Instead of passive learning, such as attending lectures or reading documents, participants get to experience real cybersecurity situations in a secure virtual environment.

As a result, your team acquires practical knowledge, making security decisions daily and facing the consequences of their actions.

4. Content in small doses

Long lectures lasting more than an hour or reading material covering thirty pages won't hold your employees’ attention.

A good, gamified cybersecurity platform offers regular small doses of content related to data protection. It makes learning more fun, light-hearted, and intuitive!  

Consistency stimulates the mind and helps improve information retention – unlike annual or biannual initiatives. 

5. Continuous evaluation

With gamified processes, your company gets much more than a list of names of those who attended a cybersecurity lecture.

A gamified awareness platform allows you to effectively measure participants' performance and engagement in the program, how they are doing in each activity, and where they need to improve. 

This fosters a more adaptive learning process, targeting areas presenting the greatest difficulties.

About Hacker Rangers

Hacker Rangers is a platform focused on 100% gamified cybersecurity learning that can help you create a real security culture in your company. As well as learning about current data protection legislation, we help employees learn to identify threats in a light-hearted and fun way.

That means they remain vigilant and engaged in the mission of protecting your company against cyberattacks. How about experiencing the power of gamification yourself? Visit hackerrangers.com and try the platform for free for 15 days!

Article originally written in Portuguese by Perallis Security Content Team: 5 motivos para investir em um programa de cibersegurança gamificado na sua empresa — Perallis Security