GLBA Safeguards Rule Security Awareness
GLBA Safeguards Rule security awareness for recognizing customer information, safeguarding practices, service-provider risk, incidents, and escalation duties.
Quick answer
- What is GLBA Safeguards Rule Security Awareness?
- GLBA Safeguards Rule Security Awareness is online compliance training. It costs $79, is self-paced across 4 modules, and issues a dated certificate the moment the trainee finishes.
- Who needs it?
- employers and safety managers documenting required workplace-safety and HR training for their staff.
- Is the certificate verifiable?
- Yes. Every certificate carries a unique number that anyone can check publicly at certifiedtrainingusa.com/verify without an account.
What this course covers
Who needs this training
This course is for employers and safety managers documenting required workplace-safety and HR training for their staff. You can take it as an individual, or buy seats for your whole team from one account.
Instant, verifiable certificate
Your certificate issues the moment you finish, with a unique ID. Any employer or inspector can confirm it at certifiedtrainingusa.com/verify. No waiting for a card in the mail.
Get 10% off your first course
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Common questions
Who has to comply with the FTC Safeguards Rule?
Far more businesses than most people expect. "Financial institution" under 16 CFR Part 314 reaches auto dealerships, tax preparers, mortgage brokers and lenders, payday lenders, collection agencies, real estate appraisers and investment advisers not registered with the SEC, not only banks.
Are car dealerships covered by GLBA?
Yes. Dealerships that arrange or extend financing are financial institutions under the Safeguards Rule and owe the full information security programme in 16 CFR 314.4, including the security awareness training for personnel required by 314.4(e)(1).
How often is GLBA training required?
The rule does not set a frequency. 16 CFR 314.4(e)(1) requires security awareness training that is updated as necessary to reflect risks identified by the risk assessment. In practice most institutions train annually, and that is what examiners expect to see, but the rule itself states no interval.
Does the under-5,000-consumer exemption remove the training requirement?
No. The exemption at 16 CFR 314.6 relieves smaller institutions of certain obligations, including the written risk assessment, the written incident response plan and the annual report to the board. The security awareness training requirement at 314.4(e)(1) is not among them.
Does PCI DSS compliance cover GLBA?
No. PCI DSS is a payment card industry contract standard about cardholder data. The Safeguards Rule is federal law about customer information generally, and it requires a whole information security programme. Meeting one does not satisfy the other.
Is this course FTC approved?
No, and no approval scheme exists for Safeguards Rule training. This course addresses the security awareness training element at 16 CFR 314.4(e)(1). Your institution remains responsible for its own risk assessment, its designated Qualified Individual, its written programme, its incident response plan and service provider oversight.
Others usually trained alongside this
Same category, same audience. Most sites that need one of these need more than one.
Train your team
Set the headcount and the price follows. Volume discount applies automatically, and every seat gets its own redemption code to hand out.
One redemption code per seat, plus a roster showing who has finished.
5 more seats and the rate drops to $59.25.
25+ seats can be paid on invoice against a PO instead of a card.