Part Six: Employee Training & Awareness – When it comes to the fight against Cybersecurity, it seems employees can be the weakest link. They are the ones that go to unsavory websites, click on the suspicious links, download unsafe attachments, download free software, music, etc. All these could be unintentional, of course. But the most important thing is the lapses mentioned above in security could happen even though you might have the all right equipment and software to protect your network. The surest way to mitigate this problem is for employees to be trained regularly to avoid common pitfalls and follow good practices.
The keyword is “regularly” trained. That means every three months or so. Nowadays, companies like “ID Agent” provide cybersecurity training videos and simulations by sending fake spam-like emails to entice the employees to open a suspicious email attachment or click on the suspicious email link. The awareness training is an opportunity to answer the employee’s concerns and questions. Show them the latest techniques to recognize the newest hacking tricks, as well as techniques. Familiarize them with the terms such as “Phishing” or its siblings like “Spear Phishing,” “Ransomware,” etc.
There are many benefits to having employee awareness training. It shows them that management is serious and they can make a difference. They will understand what their limitations are and how to overcome their fears. Employee awareness training can be customized to address different size organizations. It can be augmented so that employees will receive regular emails to remind them about what they have learned and how to implement them.
Some applications can track the progress (strength and weaknesses) of each employee. Businesses and their employees should constantly be reminded that Cybercrime is a significant and profitable business, getting worse every day. The financial consequences from an attack, like Ransomware, outweigh the training costs 100 times. Hackers are getting smarter and use newer and more effective tools every time.
Your employees should also become aware of the fact they should be adequately trained to combat Cybercrime. Now that more and more employees are working from home, there are even more needs. Because your data no longer is based in your office. Business owners should realize, when it comes to Cybercrime, ignorance is not bliss.
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