Awareness training in cyber security
Topics such as cybersecurity and governance play an increasingly important role in our society. Our daily life increasingly takes place online, whether business or personal. This means new risks and new challenges for organizations dealing with sensitive data and information from both employees and customers. Cyber attacks happen daily, whether it’s obtaining passwords or bank details or CEO/CFO fraud in which case a malicious individual poses as the CEO/CFO. Well-trained employees recognize these types of issues immediately and thus prevent damage. Is your organization well prepared for these risks?
Are you aware of the dangers?
Although more attention is paid to a safe digital workplace, cybercrime continues to increase. The number one cause? Human mistakes. Human employees are the organisation’s weak link when it comes to security. That’s why it’s important to make employees aware of the risks and dangers of cybercrime and make them aware of what they themselves can do to keep company data safe.
Training and awareness
Many organizations don’t know where to start when it comes to creating security awareness. As a result, training of personnel is often on hold. A shame! Here are a few tips that can help create an awareness program that can prevent 90% of the attacks:
1. Create trust
The first and most important step in creating a safe environment is trust. Give employees the feeling that they can share their insecurities. Especially when there is a security problem, employees must feel safe enough to report the problem.
2. Make security awareness a regular part of the job
Let’s face it, one cybersecurity training a year isn’t going to cut it. Make it a permanent part of the task package. A great example of testing the knowledge of employees and keeping them alert is by using a simulated phishing email program. Employees will receive random phishing emails and earn points when they recognize the mail as phishing. In addition, a notification is also activated when someone would be in danger if it were a real phishing email. Bijvoorbeeld wanneer er op onbetrouwbare links geklikt wordt.
3. Cyber security is for everyone
Cyber security is a subject everyone in the office should be concerned with. Whether you have knowledge of IT or not. It’s important to make employees aware of the risks and dangers. This means highlighting small actions such as logging in and off your laptop when leaving the workplace. Start small, expand later.
Want to know more or apply awareness training yourself?
Creating security awareness starts with good conversation and a few essential questions. OpenSight is happy to help you with this. Where is the organization at risk? What are the current priorities when it comes to cybersecurity? Together we look at which issues should be tackled first. Contact us and prevent your staff from falling victim to a cyberattack or hack.
