Running Blind: What We Lost When Training Moved Online
When you're running a training session in a physical classroom, the real signal isn't in the lecture room — it's in the exercise room. And that one only works because you're physically in it.
What good cybersecurity training actually looks like - and what gets in the way. Written by practitioners who've run the sessions
When you're running a training session in a physical classroom, the real signal isn't in the lecture room — it's in the exercise room. And that one only works because you're physically in it.
Most certification prep programmes borrowed their delivery structure from the classroom. Some of what they carried over deserves a harder look — because the context is different, the stakes are different, and the students are different.
Every cohort is a range. Almost every training programme responds the same way: pick a pace, accept it won't work for everyone, and move on. There's a better structural question to ask.
There are specific moments in a learning session where an intervention actually lands. Most platforms are structured to miss all of them.
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