Data security is crucial for any company’s cybersecurity program, which keeps required security controls and all the policies in place. Cyber-attacks are worse than they have ever been! As per Cybersecurity Ventures, a business will face a ransomware attack every 11 seconds and the damage cost is predicted to reach $20 billion annually in 2021. This makes ransomware the fastest-growing type of cybercrime.
Companies and consumers are producing enormous amounts of data daily. As a result, global data storage is exceedingly rapid and is expected to reach 200 zettabytes by 2025. This includes data stored on public and private IT infrastructures, cloud data centers, utility infrastructures, and personal computing devices. The risk and cost of data breaches can be devastating for companies. However, about 90% of data breaches occurred due to human errors. Thus, companies need to train their employees, external vendors and other associated departments to have proper cybersecurity training to avoid any such data disasters before it happens and make damages that are hard to recover.
Security awareness is important to all!
Cybersecurity training benefits all your employees, customers, suppliers, and everyone involved in the business process. Companies and employees need to be aware and educate employees about risk environments and cybersecurity threats. Companies need to eliminate these security risks, but first employees need to recognize and report on the security threat. As per the cybersecurity skills in the UK labour market report, only 1 in 9 businesses i.e., 11% of the total organizations in the UK provided cybersecurity training to non-IT and non-cyber employees in the year 2020.
Human error is one of the leading causes of data breaches. A company’s employees are one of the biggest risks to its cybersecurity. Thus, an effective and engaging security training program can be another security protection against breaches. Keep your employees abreast of the latest threat intelligence and attack methods. Accentuate cybersecurity as the topmost priority for your company and provide employees with all the advanced tools and resources. It will help in mitigating the anxiety caused by cybersecurity uncertainty and bolster employees’ confidence. Also, it will help in reducing their stress and eliminate risky behavior by enabling company-wide best security practices.
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