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Problem Brief
Just-in-time security training.
Just-in-time (JIT) training delivers one lesson to one person at the exact moment it’s relevant — seconds after they fall for a simulated attack — and retires the annual all-hands curriculum.
The Problem
Annual training is a leaky bucket.
01
Decay
Knowledge from a once-a-year module fades within weeks. The attack arrives months later, when retention is near zero.
02
No context
Generic lessons about “suspicious links” don’t transfer to the moment a convincing invoice lands during quarter close.
03
Wrong dose
Everyone gets the full curriculum whether they need it or not. The people who need help get the same hour as the people who don’t.
Why Legacy Training Struggles
Simulation and training live in different silos.
JIT training requires the simulation engine and the training engine to be one system: the failure has to trigger the lesson in seconds, matched to the exact technique that worked. Legacy platforms bolt a content library onto a campaign scheduler — enrolling someone in next month’s remedial course is not “in the moment.”
What Modern Looks Like
Built around the teachable moment.
Immediate
Coaching lands within seconds of the failed simulation, while the context is still on screen and the “oh no” is still fresh.
Specific
The lesson covers the exact technique that worked — the urgency cue, the spoofed sender, the voice pretext — not a general refresher.
Short and private
60–90 seconds, delivered personally in Slack, Teams, or the browser. No public callout, no manager CC.
Cimento's Approach
One loop: simulate, coach, verify.
Cimento’s simulations and micro-training run as a single loop. Failure triggers coaching; repeated patterns escalate with a different scenario on a different channel until the behavior verifiably changes. Annual training time drops to minutes per employee per year.
Seconds-later coaching tied to the exact failed technique
Behavior-based escalation until change is verified
Slack/Teams native delivery, no LMS login
Compliance evidence accumulated automatically
FAQ
Does just-in-time training replace annual compliance training?
Isn't coaching right after a failure just embarrassing?
How do you verify behavior actually changed?
Catch the teachable moment.
Run a 14-day baseline and watch just-in-time coaching work on your own organization — alongside whatever training program you run today.