Hi,
We need to setup an open source / free LMS system to deliver security awareness trainings within company. Why we are not using commercial solutions? because we dont have budget. On the other hand, we are able to get security awareness trainings from a friendly company ( they created those training for their own use), so we just need to setup an LMS.
Our expectations from the LMS are:
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support for SCORM packages
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ability to create different courses and assignments for different departments.
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free or very low cost (like below 500$ )
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ability to upload user list via CSV file
-
ability to send unique training link to each end user via email ( most of the commercial solutions assign trainings this way)
-
as easy as possible installation and usage. I know open source solutions will not be very easy to install and manage but if there are options, i would prefer the easiest one of course.
We have technical background, so we can deal with installation and maintenance of open source solutions. In fact we installed Moodle , made basic configuration. But there were few drawbacks;
- Course assignment will be done by non technical people and interfaces of Moodle seemed a bit complicated.
- We could not find the “assign trainings via unique link in email” feature. I think it is possible with plugin, but did not test it yet.
I think this discussion can be useful for others too… Because prices of security awareness training solutions can be high if you have several thousand users. On the other hand even if you cant find a SCORM compliant training content, you can turn your powerpoint presentation into a SCORM package using ispring easily and use it as a basic training content. It will have watermark, but who cares…
I have been trying to understand and compare alternatives for a while. But there are too many options like Moodle, Canvas, Open edX, Totara, FormaLMS and etc… and understanding their features or if they would meet requirements if very difficult. You need to install and test them one by one. Testing Moodle took some time, so wanted to check community opinions before jumping to next one :).
Please share experience if you have already gone through this process and as i wrote it can be a good discussion for future references…
PS: Please do not suggest commercial solutions or compare TCO of commercial vs open source. We have already considered those facts and we need to go with open source / free solution.
thanks in advance.
Answer from ahmettoprak on community.spiceworks.comCyber101.com : Free high-quality Cyber Awareness Training
Open Source / Free LMS for delivering security awareness trainings
Security Awareness Training
Security Awareness Training
Password strength / tips / policy. (You can watch my talk about this here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5i_Im6JntPQ ). Dont put passwords in .txt or .doc documents. Dont email passwords. Dont share the same password on multiple sites. Dont use your work password on the Internet. etc etc
How to NOT get Social Engineered / spamed / virused' (Dont click on that, we will never ask you for your password stuff)
Tell them about filtering web-proxy. And how you can see every site they goto.
Talk to them about their workstations. You will be looking at them - and looking for bad stuff
How they should react if something "happens". i.e. dont call you and say "The INTERNET is down!". Just have them called NANOG directly ;)
Videos
Hi guys,
We (myself and a childhood friend who owns a video production company) just launched this completely free, high-quality cyber awareness website this week!
https://www.cyber101.com
Covers the following topics :
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Global threat landscape
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Phishing
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Passwords
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MFA
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Malware
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Ransomware
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Device security
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Network security
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Data security and privacy
Its completely free. No ads, no catch, no data mining. We want to make that knowledge accessible to as many people as possible. We're also planning on launching an enhanced version with phishing simulation and user onboarding automation later, and we think having a large amount of users will increase our chances of getting paid clients too.
Please let us know what you think so we can improve our platform!
Hi,
We need to setup an open source / free LMS system to deliver security awareness trainings within company. Why we are not using commercial solutions? because we dont have budget. On the other hand, we are able to get security awareness trainings from a friendly company ( they created those training for their own use), so we just need to setup an LMS.
Our expectations from the LMS are:
-
support for SCORM packages
-
ability to create different courses and assignments for different departments.
-
free or very low cost (like below 500$ )
-
ability to upload user list via CSV file
-
ability to send unique training link to each end user via email ( most of the commercial solutions assign trainings this way)
-
as easy as possible installation and usage. I know open source solutions will not be very easy to install and manage but if there are options, i would prefer the easiest one of course.
We have technical background, so we can deal with installation and maintenance of open source solutions. In fact we installed Moodle , made basic configuration. But there were few drawbacks;
- Course assignment will be done by non technical people and interfaces of Moodle seemed a bit complicated.
- We could not find the “assign trainings via unique link in email” feature. I think it is possible with plugin, but did not test it yet.
I think this discussion can be useful for others too… Because prices of security awareness training solutions can be high if you have several thousand users. On the other hand even if you cant find a SCORM compliant training content, you can turn your powerpoint presentation into a SCORM package using ispring easily and use it as a basic training content. It will have watermark, but who cares…
I have been trying to understand and compare alternatives for a while. But there are too many options like Moodle, Canvas, Open edX, Totara, FormaLMS and etc… and understanding their features or if they would meet requirements if very difficult. You need to install and test them one by one. Testing Moodle took some time, so wanted to check community opinions before jumping to next one :).
Please share experience if you have already gone through this process and as i wrote it can be a good discussion for future references…
PS: Please do not suggest commercial solutions or compare TCO of commercial vs open source. We have already considered those facts and we need to go with open source / free solution.
thanks in advance.
My first thought is Oodoo, it is an everything box, including learning. You can run a community version or host it for low cost on their servers.
Next up would be The Best Learning Management System - Moodle Online LMS it seems to be the standards from what all others are met by in reviews online.