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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Data security is one of those issues that "takes a village" to address—and HR professionals are part of that village. HR can play an important role in helping to ensure that employees have the ...

Security awareness training programs are maturing as security teams recognize the need to secure the "human element" of cyber risk. But in the face of more sophisticated attacks using MFA bypass ...

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 ...

There’s an old adage in cybersecurity that humans are the weakest link in the security chain. That’s increasingly true, as threat actors compete to exploit credulous or careless employees. But it’s ...

Creating and maintaining a comprehensive training program increases the likelihood that employees have the necessary insight to identify potential attacks. A knowledgeable, well-staffed security team ...

Multiple recent studies conclude that nine out of ten cyberattacks and data breaches originate from human error. To mitigate this, organizations are increasingly ...

When it comes to cybersecurity, there’s so much emphasis centered on technology—keeping networks, devices and IT environments safe—that organizations often forget hackers aren’t always targeting ...

As threat actors continue to evolve, so does the tooling that protects a firm's environment. In addition to training, security advisories should be distributed on a regular basis, and security ...

Most successful cyberattacks target end users through social engineering. They also exploit systems left vulnerable due to user errors. This is why securing the human element is crucial to managing ...