A skilled team of professionals and the right security technologies are undoubtedly important to securing your organization, but your first line of defense against cybercrime is always your employees.

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As such, end-users must be taught not only how to recognize social engineering and phishing threats, but also how to treat them, report them and ensure their colleagues aren’t falling foul to them.

Security awareness is one of the most important steps to building a culture of security in an organization. However, finding the right approach to engage employees in security awareness programs is ...

CISOs and security leaders make a point to gather analytics and data to establish meaningful metrics for their organizations’ cybersecurity. Key performance indicators (KPIs), such as intrusion ...

Over 80% of security awareness professionals have a background in either information security or information technology, according to SANS's 2016 Security Awareness Report. Less than 15% have a ...

ThriveDX, the global firm focused on cybersecurity and digital skills training, is pleased to announce the launch of its new certificate program exclusively designed “for security awareness ...

Designing a behavioral change program requires an audit of existing security practices and where the sticking points are. Security awareness rarely leads to sustained behavior change on its own, ...

The new KnowBe4 white paper, “Data Confirms Value of Security Awareness Training and Simulated Phishing”, is based on the largest analysis of its kind. TAMPA BAY, Fla. — (Oct. 30, 2023) KnowBe4, a ...

The University protects personal data, in part, by requiring information security awareness training for all employees. Security awareness is the knowledge and attitude members of an organization ...

According to IBM’s 2018 Cost of a Data Breach study, 27% of incidents it recorded were due to human error. To drive more secure behaviors and thinking amongst the ...

A company once sent an email to all of its employees (about 500 of them), telling them about a holiday bonus of $650. When prompted to click on a link and fill out a form with their personal details ...