What does it mean to be Security Aware?
The persistent onslaught of Social Engineering, Phishing scams and Ransomware, warns that we cannot afford to be reactive, clueless, nor apathetic about the need to be security aware:
Security awareness training is a formal process for educating employees about computer security. A good security awareness program should educate employees about corporate policies and procedures for working with information technology (IT). Employees should receive information about who to contact if they discover a security threat and be taught that data is a valuable corporate asset.
Furthermore, regular training is particularly necessary in organizations with high turnover rates and those that rely heavily on contract or temporary staff.
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It takes an average person 16 years to complete their formal education. In those crucial years, 27% of the time is spent each day learning various subject matter to prepare them for their chosen field.
I am sure Mom and Dad were proud when you received your degree.
But, unless you intend to become prey, learning must continue beyond the confines of formal education. So, to be security aware, is to be a continuous and deliberate student— a learner.
Jackie Joyner-Kersee, an athletic icon of our time, once said, “I maintained my edge by always being a student; you will always have something new to learn.”
Bill Gates, one of the world’s richest, reads a book once a week.
The evidence that continuous learning is the secret sauce to greatness is overwhelming.
But how about you and your attitude towards being Security Aware?
Have you established a culture of consistent learning within your organization for Security Awareness?
In the IT world, human beings are the weakest link in Security.
Consider for example, that regardless of how tight we lock our doors at night, or whether we have installed the most up to date Security alarms in our homes, if each member of your household cannot discern who to allow through the door, your best effort is useless.
Social Engineering and Phishing Scams depend on your employees’ actions.
Knowing who or what to trust is one of the best ways to duck and weave when fiery arrows are launched on the Cyber battlefield.
These thieves do not rely on old methods for stealing your data. They have upgraded their tactics, because they recognize and use the benefits of continuous learning.
Now, they infiltrate the minds, hearts and emotions of your employees. Your people are being enticed to click on malicious links that appears harmless.
Hackers go to the bank on the plunder from human interactions.
By then, not only will your organization will have become prey, you will also need to pray in order to cope with the backlash of a data breach.
You are reading this post, so I can safely assume you are security aware or at least you recognize its significance.
But,
Have you communicated and implemented a plan of action for continuous learning for your people to become Security Aware?
Want to become Security Aware? Consider our training modules below:
Common Threats: In this 15-minute module you’ll learn about strategies and techniques hackers use to trick people just like you. We provide you with three real-world-based scenarios that show you how
these common threats can take place. At the end of each scenario, we will take you behind
the scenes and reveal exactly how each type of hack is accomplished.
The Danger Zone: In this 10-minute module, you will learn to spot real-world social engineering attacks by helping to guide Jake Saunders, a typical computer user,through six potential social engineering attacks. Jake needs to make the right decisions or suffer the consequences.
Your Role: Today’s threats are sleek, sophisticated, and very slippery. They can slide right through your organization’s antivirus software and spam filters and go straight to your inbox. This is a high quality,9-minute course that takes you on a tour of the threat landscape and shows you some of the
common ways the bad guys try to trick you.
Source: Knowbe4
