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Financial institutions need to educate users regarding their security roles and responsibilities. Training should support security awareness and strengthen compliance with security policies, standards, and procedures. Ultimately, the behavior and priorities of senior management heavily influence the level of employee awareness and policy compliance, so training and the commitment to security should start with senior management. Training materials for desktop and workstation users would typically review the acceptable-use policy and include issues like desktop security, log-on requirements, password administration guidelines, etc. Training should also address social engineering and the policies and procedures that protect against social engineering attacks. Many institutions integrate a signed security awareness agreement along with periodic training and refresher courses.