Security Training Overview
What Kit's Training module is, who authors it, and how a security-awareness program is built.
What Training Provides
Use Training to run courses or evidence checklists. Invite participants, track progress, follow up on incomplete work, and export audit-ready completion records.
The template library includes material on SOC 2, GDPR, ISO 27001, and HIPAA. Choose a template and provide company details for Kit to insert into the program. Before publishing, check the content, quiz, and attestation against your policies and requirements. Using a template does not establish compliance with a framework.
Who It’s For
Training authoring is a Training module admin task. The Build from template action and program editor are visible only to Training module admins. Participants receive an invitation email, take the training in the portal, and their completion is recorded automatically. Kit sends reminder emails for anyone who hasn’t finished. This guide covers everything an admin does to build, publish, and roll out a program.
Choose the Right Program Type
A program is either a course or a checklist:
| Type | What participants do | Completion requires |
|---|---|---|
| Course | Read slides and pass a knowledge check | Every slide viewed, quiz passed, and attestation signed |
| Evidence checklist | Complete checkpoints and upload supporting evidence | Every checkpoint confirmed and attestation signed |
Company-specific facts (your password manager, MFA policy, incident contact, payment processor, and so on) are written once as {{ variables }} and substituted into the content and attestation at render time. Review the substituted values before publishing.
How It Works
- Build: From the Training dashboard, click Build from template to open the template library, then pick one of the four framework decks. Kit creates a program named after your company and seeds the full deck.
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Answer the questions: The smart template asks a short list of company questions (company name, password manager, MFA policy, incident contact, and more). Your answers fill in the
{{ variables }}. - Refine: For a course, review the slides and knowledge check. For a checklist, review its checkpoints, platform instructions, and evidence rules. Adjust the attestation in either case.
- Publish: Kit shows the missing requirements for the selected program type before it can go live.
- Invite & follow up: Invite participants. Kit emails each person and automatically sends reminders to anyone who hasn’t completed, a nudge after the invitation and a last call before the deadline.
Program Statuses
| Status | Meaning | When to Use |
|---|---|---|
| Draft | Still being authored. Not published. | The default for a new or seeded program. |
| Published | Live. | When the program is ready for participants. |
| Archived | Paused / retired. | When you pause a published program (the Pause action archives it). |
Note
A course needs at least one slide, a configured knowledge check, and attestation text. A checklist needs at least one checkpoint and attestation text. The editor shows exactly what is missing.
Next Steps
- Training Template Library: browse the SOC 2, GDPR, ISO 27001, and HIPAA decks and seed one.
- Build from the Smart Template: answer the company questions that fill in your seeded deck.
- Edit Slides: add, edit, reorder, and delete slides.
- Knowledge Check & Attestation: tune the quiz and sign-off, then publish.
- Reminders & Deadlines: how Kit follows up with participants who haven’t finished.
- Participants, Completion & Recertification: invite a roster, read the completion register, export records, and run the next annual cycle.
- Evidence Checklists: collect, review, retain, and export device or policy evidence.