Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Cyber Security Awareness Month – Answering Google’s Most Commonly Asked Questions madhav Wed, 10/18/2023 - 05:25 This month is Cyber Security Awareness Month , highlighting how far security education needs to go in order to enable a secure interconnected world. Data Sovereignty What is data sovereignty?

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IT Governance

MAY 27, 2021

For all the talk of criminal hacking, ransomware infections and the technologies to prevent them, the key to protecting your organisation is cyber security awareness training. If you’re wondering why your employees pose such a big risk and how staff awareness can protect you, we explain everything you need to know in this blog.

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Dark Reading

MAY 31, 2019

The SANS Security Awareness Professional (SSAP) will be available this summer to professionals focused on measuring and mitigating human risk.

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IT Governance

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

But to ensure that all staff truly take note of security and apply the knowledge gained from any staff awareness training , security should be embedded in your organisation’s culture. In other words, you should aim to build a ‘security culture’. In this blog What is a security culture?

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

“This settlement ensures Home Depot complies with our state’s strong data security law and requires the company to take steps to protect consumer information from illegal use or disclosure.” ” .

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KnowBe4

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

But when it comes to Human Risk Management (HRM), we’ve noticed that they often fall short of capturing the full picture. You already know that we are the undisputed leader in the essential areas that have been standard features in the security awareness market for years. Analyst reports aim to provide market insights.

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KnowBe4

DECEMBER 23, 2024

KnowBe4 is a big believer in focusing on decreasing human risk as the best way to decrease cybersecurity risk in most environments.

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KnowBe4

JANUARY 22, 2025

Human risk management (HRM) is now the primary approach to addressing the ongoing need for strong security cultures in organizations of all sizes. HRM focuses on more than just security awareness training (SAT) delivered at regular intervals. The goal is a positive security culture through:

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IBM Big Data Hub

APRIL 15, 2024

Organizations have spent millions developing and implementing cutting-edge technologies to bolster their defenses against such threats, and many already have security awareness campaigns, so why are we failing to stop these attacks? People also have a slow, deliberate and analytical thought process, called System 2.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Employee security awareness is the most important defense against data breaches. Related: Leveraging security standards to protect your company. Create security awareness for employees. One of the most important ways to protect against data breaches is to increase employee security awareness.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 10, 2023

Instilling a culture of cyber security at your organization requires your people to maintain a high level of knowledge and awareness about cyber security risks—and that takes an effective, impactful, and ongoing security awareness program. Let’s take a closer look. Make it engaging!

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 17, 2020

A key phrase in the CIA’s report references deficiencies in “compartmentalizing” cybersecurity risk. Also, because employees tend to be the most abundant security weakness in any organization, instituting some kind of continuing security awareness training for all employees is a good idea.

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Dark Reading

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Stay away from using these tactics when trying to educate employees about risk.

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Security Affairs

MAY 7, 2021

Excluding in this discussion threats due to natural disasters, we can classify the man-made risk, to which an information system is subject, into intentional threats or unintentional threats due to negligence or inexperience. Businesses need to protect themselves from these threats, which can put both applications and assets at serious risk.

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Dark Reading

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

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. Defend against phishing attacks with more than user training.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 9, 2018

If these passwords have been reused for corporate accounts, this may leave organizations at risk to account takeovers.” In order to reduce the risk, Digital Shadows experts recommend the following measures to organizations: Update security awareness training content to include the Business Email Compromise (BEC) scenario.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 6, 2020

Due to the lack of security awareness of the developers, there are security risks in the entire update process. The client compares the version of the update program without doing any other security checks. ” continues the researchers.

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IT Governance

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

A cyber health check will help identify your weakest security areas and recommend appropriate measures to mitigate your risks. One aspect is an online staff questionnaire, the results of which will be analysed to gauge their cyber security awareness.

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KnowBe4

MAY 31, 2024

Security awareness training (SAT) and simulated phishing works to significantly reduce cybersecurity risk. We have the data, customer testimonials and government recommendations to prove it.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Focus on cyber security awareness and training. Regularly provide users with training on information security principles and techniques as well as overall emerging cybersecurity risks and vulnerabilities (i.e. Consider adding an email banner to messages coming from outside your organizations.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Cyber attacks continue to be a significant risk, with ongoing changes in entities’ working environments due to COVID-19.” The report includes the results of the audit conducted on six entities in Queensland’s water sector: Seqwater, Sunwater, Urban Utilities, Unitywater, Gladstone Area Water Board, and Mount Isa Water Board.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 24, 2018

“Although there is currently no patch, the risk of this vulnerability is slightly mitigated by requiring local access, so those affected are recommended to verify that only authorized users can log in to those systems.” “Security awareness training can also help prevent local malware or social engineering attacks.

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AIIM

JANUARY 9, 2019

Webinar: Join us on January 16th (replay available for download after live date) for a free webinar on data security: Top Tips to Bridge the Gap Between Security Awareness and Security Action. eBook: Get an executive guide to managing your information risk: Bridging the Gap Between Security Awareness and Action.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 19, 2022

Only use secure networks and avoid using public Wi-Fi networks. Focus on cyber security awareness and training. Regularly provide users with training on information security principles and techniques as well as overall emerging cybersecurity risks and vulnerabilities (i.e., Consider installing and using a VPN.

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IT Governance

MARCH 29, 2018

Organisations’ second biggest concern is their employees’ lack of security awareness, according to CyberEdge’s 2018 Cyberthreat Defense Report. This is the first time in five years that poor security awareness hasn’t topped the list – with ‘lack of skilled personnel’ nabbing the top spot.

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IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Just the person to talk to about: The impact of AI on security; User education and behavioural economics; and How ISO 27001 can help address such risks and concerns. How significant are those risks? Yes, that increases the risk of that vulnerability being exploited, but you’re not creating a new weakness in your systems.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 4, 2018

.” Experts highlighted the risks that malware in the next future could abuse M2M protocols for malicious activity. The presence of unsecure MQTT and CoAP deployments shows no improved security awareness since 2017, when this problem was first highlighted for MQTT.” ” concludes the report.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 17, 2023

Many businesses concentrate their cybersecurity efforts solely on external attacks, which leaves more openings for internal risks. These findings imply that security teams should prepare for them in 2023. The most challenging insider risks to identify are moles, which are potentially the most damaging.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Mobile Threats: The expansion of mobile threats highlights the growing need for security awareness among mobile users, particularly as attackers develop more sophisticated methods to compromise personal and corporate data.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Cyber Security Awareness Month: Time to Act and Protect Trust. We’re approaching the end of Cyber Security Awareness Month , an annual event dedicated to increasing awareness of cybersecurity topics globally. Tue, 10/25/2022 - 06:51.

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KnowBe4

MARCH 29, 2024

New data shows organizations are well aware that their users are one of their greatest cybersecurity risks today, and yet aren’t taking the right steps to remediate the risk.

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KnowBe4

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Even when looking at the various kinds of risks to business, cyber attacks still remain the biggest problem. But new data shows there may be a lesson to be learned to minimize losses.

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KnowBe4

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Gartner issued a press release that forecasted global security and risk management end-user spending to reach $188.1 billion, along with worldwide end-user spending on security and risk management projected to be $215 billion in 2024.

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KnowBe4

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

KnowBe4’s security awareness training and simulated phishing platform allows workforces to make smarter decisions, strengthen an organization’s security culture and human risk by protecting their organization from phishing, social engineering and ransomware.

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The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 9, 2023

A Data Privacy Impact Assessment, or DPIA , is a formal assessment of the privacy risks of your data processing activities. The purpose of conducting a DPIA is to identify and assess the potential impact of these risks on individuals’ rights and freedoms from your proposed processing operations. DPIA starting point.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 17, 2021

Back in the day, security training was largely reserved for IT security specialists and then extended to include IT personnel in general. These days, all employees need to be well educated in security best practices and good habits if the organization wishes to steer clear of ransomware and malware. Key Differentiators.

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KnowBe4

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

In my most recent book, Fighting Phishing: Everything You Can Do to Fight Social Engineering and Phishing , I highlight the use of “champions," which are co-workers in your organization who can help spread security awareness training to better lower human risk.

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