Beyond IT: How to create an organization-wide cybersecurity culture

Use awareness and training to make cybersecurity part of your culture.

Many organizations think of cybersecurity as strictly in terms of information technology (IT): Lock down the data, the assumption goes, and all is well.

But threats aren’t always external: Some come from within the organization. In 2017, 28% of attacks involved internal actors.

Employees may unintentionally cause data breaches by clicking on a phishing email or inadvertently downloading a malicious document or access a link on their work computer that allows hackers access to your system.

 

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