security awareness

Employees aren’t taking the proper steps to keep information safe while traveling
Employees aren’t taking the proper steps to keep their organizations’ information safe while traveling. ObserveIT surveyed more than 1,000 U.S. employees ages 18 – 65+ who …

Despite rise in security awareness, employees’ poor security habits are getting worse
Despite an increased focus on cybersecurity awareness in the workplace, employees’ poor cybersecurity habits are getting worse, compounded by the speed and complexity of the …

Exploring the current state of employee knowledge in cybersecurity and data privacy
Seventy-five percent of professionals pose a moderate or severe risk to the corporate data of the companies they work for. According to MediaPRO’s third-annual State of …

Every month should be Cyber Security Awareness Month
In 2004, October was deemed National Cyber Security Awareness Month (NCSAM). This was an initiative promoted by the National Cyber Security Division (NCSD) within the …

Poor security behavior still evident in most industry sectors
Security behaviors are poor across most industry sectors in Europe and the Unites States regardless of the employees attitudes towards security. In the largest study on …

How organizations overcome cybersecurity hiring challenges
A strong security-focused culture and adherence to best practices helps companies attract and retain cybersecurity talent. (ISC)² commissioned the study to better understand …

IoT security: Lessons we can learn from the evolution of road safety
I was recently chatting with my father about his life as a young boy growing up in rural Ireland in the middle of the last century, and the conversation moved onto cars and …

Do your users understand your cybersecurity policy?
ObserveIT surveyed more than 1,000 full-time employees ages 18-65+ at organizations with more than 500 employees on their understanding and awareness of cybersecurity …

Confidence wavers in face of evolving cybersecurity threats
Webroot found that businesses in the U.S., U.K. and Australia are taking cybersecurity seriously – with almost 100 percent of respondents conducting some form of employee …

Exploring the maturity of corporate security awareness programs
Cyber security awareness programs are beginning to gain ground among businesses, but many of the professionals responsible for their implementation are challenged by a lack of …

The eternal struggle: Security versus users
There’s an old joke that a job in security is a safe place to be grumpy. From what I’ve seen over my career, that is often true. Security people seem to cherish their …

Which phishing messages have a near 100% click rate?
Training employees to spot phishing emails, messages and phone calls can’t be done just once or once a year if the organization wants to see click rates decrease. For …
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