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Four different types of security awareness training – and the pros and cons of each
Generally speaking, traditional security awareness training is delivered in one of four ways: 1. Classroom-based training 2. Visual aids (including video) 3. Through simulated attacks 4. Computer-based training Resource challenges and environmental contexts often...
Infographic: 7 reasons why security awareness training is important
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7 reasons why security awareness training is important
Reading Time: 4 minutes In 2018 data breaches cost UK organisations an average of £6.4 million.
Human error, meanwhile, accounted for anywhere between 60% and 90% of those breaches.
Those facts alone are usually enough to convince people security awareness training is important.
Security Awareness Training: The Old Definition and the New
Reading Time: 3 minutes At the time of writing, Google tells us security awareness training is “a formal process for educating employees about computer security.”You can bet it’s a prevalent definition: the search engine sifts through every indexed web page ever written on the topic to return the single, succinct and simple sentence.
The ‘ABC’ guide to improving information security
Reading Time: 3 minutes It’s an unfortunate fact, evident to both those who work in security and those who don’t, that security awareness training in its current form isn’t working.
The top 18 questions we get asked about CybSafe
Reading Time: 5 minutes CybSafe’s many technological innovations often intrigue audiences during demonstrations – and elicit questions that aren’t necessarily run-of-the-mill.
Award-winning cyber security awareness platform CybSafe secures £3.5m Series A investment
Reading Time: 2 minutes Wow. We’re super pumped about life right now. This is because following an investment of £3.5m in Series A funding, our award-winning cyber security awareness platform is poised to explore new territory and continue breaking boundaries.
Calculating your true phishing vulnerability
Reading Time: 3 minutes Have you ever wondered whether your reduced phishing susceptibility rate is really telling the full story? Or wondered why it may be low one week but spike the next?
Is “domain dependence” limiting our cyber security awareness?
Reading Time: 3 minutes Let’s talk domains. Not web domains, but domains in life. Areas, specialisms, disciplines – call them what you want. Domain dependence is indeed pervasive. And it could be why so many people struggle to take cyber security as seriously as they should.
Traditional cyber awareness programmes are failing to keep people safe online
Reading Time: 3 minutes Whether through simulated attacks or otherwise, psychological research suggests awareness campaigns that connect with people on an emotional level will do far more good than those that don’t.
E-book: The 3 biggest cyber threats facing the legal industry today
Reading Time: < 1 minute Today, creating and distributing viruses has become a highly lucrative, full-time and highly illegal occupation within the industry now referred to as cybercrime. It’s an industry that cost UK businesses a total of £29 billion in 2016 and one that targeted 73% of the top 100 law firms in 2016. And yet, over the past 50 years, surprisingly little has changed.
How our desire for consistency could prevent more cyber attacks
Reading Time: 3 minutes The human preference for consistency could boost security – but in practice it often does the exact opposite
Insights from 22 cyber security experts – part 2
Reading Time: 5 minutes PeepSec, the world’s first free, online summit on the people, culture and social aspects of cyber security, took place during London Tech Week between Monday the 11th and Friday 15th of June. Here’s what you missed on days four and five…
Insights from 22 cyber security experts – part 1
Reading Time: 4 minutes 22 expert speakers offered actionable and practical advice on the most pressing issues facing the security industry today. For those who couldn’t make it, here’s what you missed on the first three days. You can now get immediate access to all 22 PeepSec talks by simply registering for free here.
What actually is “the human aspect of cyber security”?
Reading Time: 3 minutes The definition of the human aspect of cyber security is changing. Here’s what it means in a traditional sense, as well as what it will mean in the future.