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 ...

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.

Security awareness programs aren't keeping up. Let’s start with the hard truth: Despite billions spent on cybersecurity tools and infrastructure, the number one ...

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 ...

Let me preface this with an attempt at a story: Sarah’s eyes darted across the email subject line, which read: “URGENT: Payment Needed – Action Required”. It was 4 p.m. on a Friday, and the CEO’s name ...

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 ...

Miami-based CyberNut announced a $5 million growth equity round to scale its cybersecurity awareness training platform for ...

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is expanding its ChemLock program with a new Security Awareness Training course designed to help employees at all levels understand their ...

KnowBe4 today released a new white paper that provides data-driven evidence on the effectiveness of security awareness training (SAT) in reducing data breaches. Over ...

Imagine this: As part of an exercise to teach security awareness, employees enter a room. An actual, physical operational security "escape room," which at first looks like a regular office room. But ...

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 ...

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