How can you help employees adapt in the evolving world of cybercrime?

There are numerous federal, state and international regulations that include security awareness and training as part of the data protection requirement, to name a few are; Control Objectives for Information Technology (COBIT™), ISO/IEC 27002 (now ISO 27002), and the OECD Privacy Principles. ISO 27002/27001, HIPAA/Healthcare (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996), PCI-DSS / Financial Services, PCI-DSS V3, Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA) Title V, US Federal Government, Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA), and NIST 800-53.

The world’s digital landscape has evolved tremendously, and cyber criminals also continue to evolve their tactics and techniques. Cyber criminals take advantage of human error and deception to compromise information systems and assets.

As said, employees are the greatest asset, but they can also be the greatest evolving security threat to your organization. Workforce may put your data at risk in number of ways and it can be devastating. A lack of awareness in cyber threats can lead to cyber incidents, help them recognize and avoid threats while ensuring that your business information – including sensitive data are continuously secure.

Invest in cyber security training for employees – Security training should be on-going and a progressing activity to ensure that workforce is updated with the latest threats in cybersecurity. They must be equipped with the right know-how in identifying, reporting, and preventing potential security breaches and threats.

Consider creating a cyber security training policy – this will set the standards of behavior for activities such as the encryption and restrictions on the use of social media. It is also critical to the public image and credibility of an organization as it reflects that the organization can protect its sensitive data.

Let DataGuard365 help you create a tailored cyber security training to help employees avoid cyber incidents and strengthen the overall cyber security culture in the workplace. Having security awareness and training can give the organization a much better fighting chance to prevent cybercriminals from conducting impermissible access to critical data.

By identifying potential security flaws and addressing weaknesses early on, you will be able to save from future costs associated with failed technology or systems, bad actors, and government fines.

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Rina Brinas, Cybersecurity Marketing Specialist, Data-Guard 365

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