As you may already be aware, most people prefer to avoid taking risks. In fact, most people prefer to avoid taking risks so much that they fail to do so even when taking the risk makes complete and total sense.
Security awareness
5 ways to get more from cyber security awareness campaigns
Incredibly, traditional cyber security awareness training may actually decrease security awareness. Here’s how to...
Why security awareness training sometimes fails – and what you can do about it
To demonstrate why security awareness training so often fails, it’s worth conducting a quick thought experiment....
Security Awareness Training: The Old Definition and the New
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.
Is “domain dependence” limiting our cyber security awareness?
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.
Traditional cyber awareness programmes are failing to keep people safe online
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.
Protecting the people running on autopilot
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.
3 mistakes people make with cyber security training
A 2017 survey revealed 52% of organisations’ cyber security budgets are increasing, with 23% of the increases dedicated to training.
Large enterprises beginning to question SME cyber security, Inaugural CybSafe Supplier Cyber Security Study finds
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.