NIS 2 Employee Readiness Course — Culture, Behaviours and Reporting enables workers and teams to understand, in simple language, the practical impact of NIS 2 on the organisation, adopt cyber-hygiene behaviours in daily work, recognise signs of an incident and report correctly. The training strengthens security culture, reduces operational risk and helps create early and consistent response across the organisation.
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Language: available in Portuguese or English
Training: culture, behaviours and reporting
Exam: 15 min
ESSENTIAL LEVEL — structured awareness and core behaviours.
Why this course exists
To create consistent behaviours, reduce operational risk and ensure that everyone knows what to report and how to act.
NIS 2 and Decree-Law 125/2025 reinforce the need for cross-functional cyber resilience. The human factor remains a critical vector, particularly in situations involving phishing, unauthorised access, improper sharing and unsafe practices. This course exists to transform awareness into behaviour, improve early reporting and support a faster and more consistent initial response across the organisation.
What this course enables you to do
Understand
Understand, in simple language, what NIS 2 means for the organisation and why cyber resilience depends on everyone’s contribution.
Adopt
Apply essential cyber-hygiene behaviours in daily work, with greater care in the use of devices, access rights, sharing and information.
Recognise & Report
Identify signs of phishing, social engineering and other incidents, and report correctly, at the right time and through the right channel.
Reduce & Protect
Reduce human error risk, support rapid response and strengthen confidentiality and information protection in digital work.
Frameworks, standards and best practices addressed throughout the course
Decree-Law 125/2025
CNCS guidance, where applicable
Cyber-hygiene
Phishing and social engineering
Reporting and initial response
Information protection
Security in digital work
Value for the organisation
- Reduction of incidents caused by human error.
- Improved early reporting when time is critical.
- More consistent security culture across the organisation.
- Less friction between business, IT and security areas.
- Evidence of cross-functional capacity-building and coverage of the employee population.
Introduction
The NIS 2 Employee Readiness course was designed to support the organisation in creating a practical security culture, consistent behaviours and initial reporting capability, aligned with NIS 2 and Decree-Law 125/2025.
Throughout the training, participants understand, in simple language, what changes in the regulatory context, what is expected from each worker and how small operational decisions in daily work may increase or reduce risk for the organisation.
The NIS 2 Employee Readiness course covers good practices in cyber-hygiene, phishing and social engineering, secure use of devices, access rights and sharing, as well as the principles of reporting and initial response to incidents.
This training is particularly suitable for structured awareness programmes, security culture initiatives and cross-functional capacity-building actions with organisational evidence.
This Training Plan and all associated documents are protected by Copyright and registered as a literary work with IGAC.
General Objectives
At the end of this course, participants will be able to:
- Understand, in simple language, the practical meaning of NIS 2 for the organisation.
- Recognise each employee’s role in cyber resilience and compliance culture.
- Adopt essential cyber-hygiene behaviours in daily work.
- Identify signs of phishing, social engineering and other frequent risk situations.
- Apply good practices in the use of devices, access rights, passwords and information sharing.
- Recognise incidents or signs of incidents and report correctly.
- Understand the importance of confidentiality and information protection in digital work.
- Support faster organisational response through early reporting and appropriate behaviour.
Target Audience
- All employees and workers of the organisation, regardless of their role.
- Operational and business teams that use systems, devices and information in daily work.
- New employees in onboarding and initial awareness processes.
- Support functions and other areas that need to strengthen security culture, behaviours and reporting.
Prerequisites
There are no mandatory formal prerequisites. The course was designed to be accessible to participants without a specialised technical profile, favouring clear language, practical applicability and a behavioural focus. It is suitable for cross-functional awareness programmes, periodic capacity-building and the reinforcement of security culture in teams and organisations.
However, other specific requirements may apply, where relevant, depending on the quotation or proposal presented. Please consult the applicable proposal.
Programme
NIS 2 in simple language
- What changes and why
- Why cyber resilience depends on everyone
- Practical impact on the organisation and daily work
What is expected from each worker
- Expected behaviours
- Practical day-to-day security rules
- Compliance culture and individual responsibility
Phishing and social engineering
- Warning signs
- Prevention
- How to act and how to report
Devices, access rights and sharing
- What to avoid
- Good practices for secure use
- Information protection in digital work
Incidents: what to report, when and through which channel
- Recognising incidents and signs of incidents
- Importance of early reporting
- Reporting moment and channel
Exam(s) and Certification
Exam “Certified NIS 2 Employee Readiness”
The exam covers the following competence domains:
- Domain 1: Practical foundations of NIS 2, security culture and the employee’s role
- Domain 2: Cyber-hygiene, phishing, information protection and incident reporting
Language(s): Portuguese and English.
Duration: 15 minutes.
Format: Multiple choice.
Pass mark: ≥ 60%.
Results: Pass or Fail.
Issuing entity: Behaviour (legal entity), through its certification service Behaviour Certification Services.
Retake: 1 free retake within a maximum period of 2 months after the result of the initial exam.
Certification
After successfully completing the exam and accepting or signing the applicable agreement and Code of Ethics, the candidate achieves the credential Certified NIS 2 Employee Readiness, issued by Behaviour (legal entity), through its certification service Behaviour Certification Services.
A Behaviour® professional certification, as a proprietary certification scheme, with international market recognition. The scheme is designed and operated based on good practices for personal certification, principles of impartiality and exam quality, and applicable international references.
A Certificate and a Digital Certification Badge will be issued to participants who successfully complete the certification exam and satisfy all applicable certification requirements.
Certification programmes are valid only for individuals, not companies, and the award and maintenance of certification depend on the exam result and compliance with the applicable agreement and Code of Ethics.
If the professional does not comply with the agreement or the Code of Ethics, the certification is not granted or is revoked.
Other Information
General Information
- Training available in Portuguese or English.
- Online training materials available in Portuguese or English, with online access, in accordance with the awarded conditions.
- Behaviour digital Training Attendance Certificate with 2 CPD/CPE credits.
- Online Certification Exam, in Portuguese or English. The exam may be taken up to 2 months from the course start date.
- If the candidate does not pass the exam, they are entitled to one free retake within a maximum period of 2 months from the release date of the initial exam result.
- Behaviour digital Certification Diploma and Digital Certification Badge after passing the exam and completing the application process.
Trainer(s)
Behaviour team with experience in cybersecurity, compliance, organisational awareness and security culture programmes.
Benefits
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- Strengthens security culture through simple language and clear behaviours.
- Reduces risk associated with human error, phishing, unauthorised access and insecure sharing.
- Improves early reporting and supports initial response to incidents.
- Provides greater information protection and better alignment between security and the business.
- Provides evidence of cross-functional capacity-building in awareness and organisational readiness initiatives.
Logistics
Useful information
- Live Online morning edition: 09:30–11:30 (Lisbon time), with short breaks where applicable
- Classroom afternoon edition: 14:30–16:30 (Lisbon time), with short breaks where applicable
- 2 hours of synchronous training, morning or afternoon.
- Requirements: computer with stable internet, updated browser, PDF reader and audio/video
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Frequently Asked Questions
Objective answers to the most common questions about the NIS 2 Employee Readiness course.
Is this course only for IT or security teams?
No. This NIS 2 Employee Readiness course was designed for all employees, regardless of their role, because cyber resilience also depends on daily behaviours, reporting and information protection in digital work.
Is previous technical knowledge required?
There are no mandatory formal prerequisites. The training uses simple language, a practical focus and day-to-day examples, making it suitable for participants without a specialised technical profile.
What is assessed in the exam?
The exam assesses the main concepts and behaviours addressed in the session, including cyber-hygiene, phishing, information protection and incident reporting. It has 10 multiple-choice questions and lasts 15 minutes.
Can the training be delivered to entire teams?
Yes. The format is well suited to cross-functional awareness actions and dedicated sessions for teams, departments or the whole organisation, with focus on culture, behaviours and readiness.
For general questions about registration, delivery modes, exams, certification and recertification, please consult the BEHAVIOUR® FAQs.
Registration
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If you would like help to frame the course within your professional or organisational context, contact us and we will indicate the most suitable solution.
Companies: request a proposal
For team awareness actions, security culture campaigns or dedicated classes, we provide conditions and a proposal tailored to the organisational need.
This course may be attended by individual professionals. It may also be integrated into internal awareness, cross-functional capacity-building and readiness initiatives in the NIS 2 context.