Cybersecurity Leadership

A security-focused company culture and clear protocols for staff can help reduce attacks

Cybersecurity training is often just another checkbox-compliance exercise.

How do we know our teams are prepared for the next attack? Organizations have poured thousands of dollars into traditional training techniques – is it working?

Despite money pouring into programs around the world, training organizations have not managed to ensure employment for professionals, while entry-level professionals are finding it hard to land a job.

Here are five things employers can do to expand their workforce and lay a solid foundation for the future growth of their security teams.

Just as sports teams practice and train for upcoming games, your organization should be constantly and consistently practicing and training for cybersecurity events, building the muscles and skills they’ll need to respond when a cyber-attack inevitably happens.

It’s really important for businesses to start considering how investments into human-focused initiatives, such as changes in company culture and training, can have a positive benefit on cybersecurity posture

By increasing security awareness, an organization can reduce its chance of having a cybersecurity incident by up to 70%. But, cybersecurity training can be cumbersome, meaning companies, and its employees, might not prioritize it, or at the very worst, not do it all.

Security is a journey and a conversation, not a destination and a directive.

To lessen burnout and prioritize staff resiliency, put people in a position to succeed with staffwide cybersecurity training to help ease the burden on IT and security personnel.

Congress wants entrepreneurs to have access to certified security experts at government-run support centers.

Technology is not the only answer: An expert suggests improving the human cyber capacity of a company's workforce plus cybersecurity technology offers a better chance of being safe.

To protect your personal accounts, here are the four cybersecurity training tips taught at work that everyone needs to know no matter where they are.

Cybersecurity training doesn't have to be dull. Here's how to gamify cybersecurity training to ensure employees get the most out of their sessions.

A comprehensive strategy is required to detect and prevent cyber incidents, and your employees play a crucial role in this effort.

Don’t look now, but cybersecurity training isn’t good enough. Here's what it tends to get wrong, and how to get it right.

CISOs need to educate all arms of the business on security best practices so it becomes part of the business culture, thus expanding who's keeping watch. Automating routine tasks will help scale security.

A cyber-conscious culture should be cascaded throughout the firm. Security belongs to everyone, so organizations must move towards a business-wide, multilayered approach. Leaders have a responsibility to coordinate this culture shift and become drivers of long-lasting change.

As we collectively move toward a more effective approach to security, developing and expanding knowledge through continuous education and critically consuming information on new challenges and approaches will serve each of us well.

Cybersecurity professionals suffering from stress and burnout can be less productive, more prone to mistakes, and increasingly likely to quit. With the right training and recognition, CISOs can reduce stress and burnout in their teams.

Merely establishing a security awareness programme isn’t enough – companies have to ensure that the programme actually changes behaviour for the better.

Defend against phishing attacks with more than user training. Measure users' suspicion levels along with cognitive and behavioral factors, then build a risk index and use the information to better protect those who are most vulnerable.

When some people say they don’t know what to do around cyber, you may want to ask them where they have been for the last 10 years…

Cybersecurity training has done little to evolve with increasing threats, new technology or the changing workforce.

You need to take into account the employees’ mindset can help with gaining employees’ support in securing their home office.