There is only one risk that cannot be prevented by security systems, regardless of how sophisticated they are: people. Here are a few proactive strategies leaders can implement into their employees’ ...

With human error contributing to 95% of all cybersecurity incidents, employees are inevitably the weakest link in any organization's security chain. From falling for ...

Whenever a data breach or a ransomware attack occurs, usually there’s an unsuspecting employee who has clicked on a malicious link or not followed the correct security policies or processes. This is ...

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THERE is a connection between increased cyber awareness among company personnel and decreased organizational risks to cyber breaches. That much is the core finding in Fortinet's 2024 Security ...

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 ...

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 ...

October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month, and two areas that I feel don’t get enough attention are awareness and training. In my experience over the past 25 years, I have found that employees want to ...

Cyber threats are constantly evolving as hackers are devising new strategies and methods to exploit weaknesses within digital systems. While hackers have a huge arsenal of technological tools to ...

Eric Marchewitz is a field solution architect with a 23-year career in cybersecurity solutions, working for such companies as PGP Security, McAfee, Cisco and Check Point. He is a recovering CISSP and ...

The State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF) will require all individuals who access ESF’s information assets and systems to complete regular cybersecurity ...