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Insider threat awareness

A ready-made course, live deck and two surveys for all employees. AhaSlides tracks progress, completion and scores for you. 30 minutes, 6 lessons, 10-question final check. Last reviewed 8 October 2026; not legal advice.

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Course outline at a glance

  • Explain the importance of detecting potential insider threats
  • Accordion
  • Quiz
  • Video

  • Recognise potential risk indicators - behavioural, technical and financial
  • Flashcards
  • Tabs
  • Matching quiz

  • Describe methods adversaries use to recruit trusted insiders
  • Process
  • Sorting activity
  • Quiz

  • Apply do/don't responses when you notice concerning behaviour
  • Scenario

  • Report concerns through the right channel, and know counterintelligence reporting duties
  • Quiz

Final check: 10 questions, 80% to pass

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Question 1 of 3

Which kind of insider is tricked into helping someone without knowing?

 

An unwitting insider is manipulated into helping and does not realize it.

Lesson 1, Why it matters, teaches this. See the outline

Question 2 of 3

You notice a colleague copying large folders late at night. What is the best response?

 

Note the facts and report them. Let the program assess.

Lesson 3, What to do (and not do), teaches this. See the outline

Question 3 of 3

A contact you do not know offers paid consulting and asks about your program. What is the best response?

 

Do not engage further and report it through the right channel.

Lesson 4, Practice, teaches this. See the outline

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Insider threat awareness

Completed on12 October 2026
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Style 1 of 6: Standard

Everyone who finishes gets a certificate with their name, the course title and the completion date. Add your own logo, colours and signer.

Three pieces that work together

Learners prepare on their own, you answer questions live, and the surveys tell you what stuck. 6 fields to fill in with your own policy, contacts and locations; each one is highlighted inside the course.

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Completion is tracked for you

Learners sign in to take the course, so every start, finish and score is recorded in AhaSlides. No spreadsheet to keep.

  • Who has finished

    See who has not started, who is in progress and who has completed the course.

  • Every score

    Each learner's result on the 10-question final check, against the 80% pass mark.

  • What landed

    Survey results show what people took away, and the 30-day check-in shows whether they use it.

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6 lessons, about 30 minutes

What learners can do at the end of each lesson. Minutes are an estimate.

  • Lesson 1: Why it matters · 5 min

    Explain the importance of detecting potential insider threats.

  • Lesson 2: Know the signs · 5 min

    Recognise potential risk indicators - behavioural, technical and financial.

  • Lesson 3: What to do (and not do) · 5 min

    Describe methods adversaries use to recruit trusted insiders.

  • Lesson 4: Practice · 5 min

    Apply do/don't responses when you notice concerning behaviour.

  • Lesson 5: Where to report · 5 min

    Report concerns through the right channel, and know counterintelligence reporting duties.

  • Lesson 6: Final assessment · 5 min

    10 questions, 80% to pass. The result is saved to the learner's record.

Based on: NISPOM 32 CFR Part 117 - 117.12(g) (insider threat training before access to classified information and annually), 117.7…

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Common questions

Yes. The course, the live deck and both surveys are free. Claiming the template into your AhaSlides account is free too.

The course itself is self-paced and online, and the live deck lets you add a live session. Whether online delivery meets your local rules depends on the law that applies to you, so check NISPOM 32 CFR Part 117 or ask your own counsel.

Cleared: before access + annual refresher; others: at hire + annually.

All employees.

Record completion in your own LMS or record system, so you can show who finished the course and when. Check the retention period that applies to you in NISPOM 32 CFR Part 117.

Yes, everything. Change the wording, swap scenarios for ones from your workplace, add your logo, or remove parts that don't apply. Keep anything your own law requires you to cover.

Your own details, each highlighted inside the course:
  • Insider threat program senior official
  • Fso contact
  • Ethics hotline
  • EAP contact
  • Turns on NISPOM content
  • LMS or record system
Then edit anything else you like: wording, scenarios, your logo.
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