Employee Security Training

Human-error; we talk about it all the time, but what exactly do we mean?  Human-error occurs when an individual performs a task or does something with an unintended outcome.  It’s easy to point the finger at employee’s as being an organization’s weakest link, but without appropriate security awareness training provided by the employer, how can employees truly know what to watch out for?

An IBM study found that human-error accounts for 95% of security incidents, yet security awareness training for employees often ends up on the back burner.

In a recent survey by ESET, we learned that cybersecurity training is not a top priority for many organizations, with 33.3% of employees feeling that their employer has provided them with absolutely none.  Only 17.9% of survey respondents felt their employers were providing them with “A lot” of cybersecurity training.

With the need for security training clear, even the most surprising organizations are jumping on the bandwagon, offering security awareness training as part of their services.

Educating employees on security awareness is crucial to organizations.  Cybercriminals are relentless in their efforts to carry out their attacks, and are becoming more sophisticated in their attempts.  In the digital era, criminals have become masterminds at forming social engineering attacks to trick their victims.

Security awareness training will certainly help employees learn how to spot malicious attempts by cybercriminals, but it is also required to comply with federal and in some cases state regulations.  A lack of training will open the door for cybercriminals and may result in a breach, causing potentially significant fines and penalties as well as likely damage to an organization’s reputation.

The time is now to jump on the security awareness training bandwagon!  After all, employees can’t help defend against cybercrime if they aren’t provided with the necessary tools to do so.

Call us or email us now to start training your employees so they know what to look for!!!

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