Industrial Cybersecurity & OT Risk worked example

Security Awareness Coverage at 99% target awareness completion rate: a worked example

What does the result look like when target awareness completion rate reaches 99%? The full calculation is worked below with real intermediate numbers. Use it when tracking training for operators, engineers, maintenance, supervisors, vendors, and IT or OT support roles.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Users completing required awareness: 940 users (unchanged)
  • Total users in awareness scope: 1,020 users (unchanged)
  • Target awareness completion rate: 99 % (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 98)

Working through the calculation

  • Applying the documented formula (Security awareness coverage = users completing required awareness ÷ total users in awareness scope × 100) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 92.16 % for security awareness coverage, the number this scenario is built around.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 6.84 points for security awareness coverage gap to target.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 940 count for users completing required awareness.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 1,020 count for total users in awareness scope.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where target awareness completion rate sits at 98% and the headline result is 92.16 %, this scenario lands almost exactly on the baseline at 92.16 %.
  • A figure at this level is achievable when target awareness completion rate is genuinely sustained, not just peaked for a shift. Coverage only measures completion, not behavior change, so high coverage does not by itself prove the workforce is phishing-resistant.

Results at a glance

  • Security awareness coverage: 92.16 % (headline result)
  • Security awareness coverage gap to target: 6.84 points
  • Users completing required awareness: 940 count
  • Total users in awareness scope: 1,020 count

Run it with your numbers

  • Every input above is editable in the live Security Awareness Coverage calculator, which recalculates instantly and can be shared with the inputs intact.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.