Security awareness is one of the most important steps to building a culture of security in an organization. However, finding the right approach to engage employees in security awareness programs is ...

ThriveDX, the global firm focused on cybersecurity and digital skills training, is pleased to announce the launch of its new certificate program exclusively designed “for security awareness ...

As such, end-users must be taught not only how to recognize social engineering and phishing threats, but also how to treat them, report them and ensure their colleagues aren’t falling foul to them.

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.

I am often asked for security case studies and best practices in a variety of cybersecurity areas. Who is doing best in whatever the cyber-topic is? Any case studies to help? How can I learn more? One ...

Implementing a security awareness program seems rather straightforward, until you actually start to implement one – factoring in things like resources and the people (users) to be trained. At that ...

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 ...

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 ...

Back in 2013, I was perhaps one of the most visible defenders of awareness programs during a time period when many in the industry questioned the need for their presence as a security strategy at all.

The SANS 2022 Security Awareness Report™ analyzes data provided by more than a thousand security awareness professionals from around the world to identify and benchmark how organizations are managing ...

Designing a behavioral change program requires an audit of existing security practices and where the sticking points are. Security awareness rarely leads to sustained behavior change on its own, ...

Keeping employees committed to information security is tough. The fundamental problem is that the better our security, the less evidence we have to reinforce it. As weeks and months go by with no ...