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.
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.
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.
Although we rarely consider it, ultimately, every email we receive comes with a certain amount of risk. The same goes for every phone call we answer. And every new programme we download.
A 2017 survey revealed 52% of organisations’ cyber security budgets are increasing, with 23% of the increases dedicated to training.
1 in 3 SMEs say they needed cyber security precautions to win new contracts in the last year alone. As part of our Inaugural CybSafe Supplier Cyber Security Study, we looked into the cyber defences enterprise customers are now demanding of SME suppliers.