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▶️ Creating a Phishing Training Campaign by Department
It is REQUIRED to create Google or Microsoft Groups IF you want to assign email templates based on the following teams: Administrators, Finance, HR, IT, Student Services, and Teachers. Otherwise the general templates can be used for any user.
1. Log in to the CyberNut Admin Portal at http://admin.cybernut.com
2. Click "Create campaign" to get started.
3. Select "Automated Phishing Training" to build ongoing security awareness for your team.
4. Choose "Phishing Training Campaign" to configure your first simulation.
5. Click "Next" to move forward.
6. Give your campaign a name that's easy to remember later.
7. Click this drop down menu if you want to continue from a previous campaign. This will allow you to exempt those that have already completed the Onboarding portion of the campaign and bring over teams previously used.
8. Click "Clear" to start a new campaign instead of continuing from a previous one.
9. Check this box to notify users when the campaign kicks off.
10. Enable reminder emails to keep users on track.
11. Set the number of days users have to complete their onboarding.
12. Specify how often reminders are sent until they finish.
13. Click "Select" to choose when the campaign should start.
14. Pick your campaign's start date from the calendar.
15. Now select when the campaign should end.
16. Choose an end date that gives everyone enough time to participate.
17. Find and select your organization's timezone so emails arrive at the right time.
18. Click "Next" to set up your teams.
19. Click "Create a team" to organize users and track their progress.
20. Replace "Untitled" with a team name that makes sense for you. In this example the department name will be HS Teachers.
21. Click "Select users" to add members to this team.
22. Pick a user group from the list to assign them all at once.
23. All users from that group are now selected—adjust if needed.
24. Click "Next" to continue.
25. Click "All selected" to review or modify the templates for the phishing scenarios you want to include.
26. The top section of email templates are appropriate for all users. Toggle on/off the email templates you want your users to receive. Notice you can preview a few of the templates.
27. Scroll down and in the second section you will find department specific email templates you can choose. Toggle on the feature for specific department templates.
The following templates are available: Administrators, Finance, HR, IT, Student Services, and Teachers
Click a department. In this example we will select Teachers and choose templates as needed .
Click "Next" to confirm your selections.
28. Click "Assign" to designate a Team Captain for this group.
29. Select the user who'll act as Team Captain for this campaign.
30. Click "Next" to move on to the next step.
31. Click "Next" to keep going.
32. Click "Next" to proceed.
33. Want to personalize this email? Click "Edit" to customize it.
34. Edit the body text to match your organization's tone and messaging.
35. Click the eye icon to preview what users will actually see.
36. Close the preview by clicking the X.
37. Click "Save" to lock in your changes.
38. Follow the same steps to customize the reminder email template.
39. All set—click "Next" to review and launch your campaign.
40. Everything looks good? Click "Schedule campaign" to go live.
