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How Employees Can Protect Your Company Against Cyber Attacks
RIGHT SKALE
14-12-2022
Your employees may be highly trained, diligent professionals. Yet, they are often targets for cybercriminals. By integrating best-practice cybersecurity policies into your operations, you can dramatically reduce the risk of a data breach, malware, or a ransomware attack. It starts with your people and policies. You can start creating a security culture at your company by challenging this big misconception: “cybersecurity isn’t just for the IT department.”
Employees are Often the Weakest Link
Your employees may be highly trained, diligent professionals. Yet, they are often targets for cybercriminals. By integrating best-practice cybersecurity policies into your operations, you can dramatically reduce the risk of a data breach, malware, or a ransomware attack. It starts with your people and policies. You can start creating a security culture at your company by challenging this big misconception: “cybersecurity isn’t just for the IT department.”
Among the most common mistakes reported includes:
- Misconfigured accounts or permissions.
- Poor password practices.
- Confusion about access protocols or procedures.
- Logging into personal emails or unauthorized websites on company computers
What is Security Culture?
Your employees may be highly trained, diligent professionals. Yet, they are often targets for cybercriminals. By integrating best-practice cybersecurity policies into your operations, you can dramatically reduce the risk of a data breach, malware, or a ransomware attack. It starts with your people and policies. You can start creating a security culture at your company by challenging this big misconception: “cybersecurity isn’t just for the IT department.”
How to Promote Good Security Practices
Security culture is powerful because it addresses the blame culture approach that many organizations take. When employees feel empowered to act, they’re less likely to hide potential breaches out of fear of repercussions. The best ways to promote smart security practices are:
1. How to Promote Good Security Practices
Verizon noted in their report that some breaches occurred because employees weren’t following established procedures. The more convoluted and unclear the practice, the less likely people will adopt them. Clear policies make sure that everyone understands their responsibilities.
2. Have Clear Procedures for Reporting Incidents
Always establish a set of policies including what employees should do if they suspect an incident. Make sure employees are trained on these procedures so they can act quickly if the need arises.
3. Reward Good Security Habits
Get employees excited about security culture by rewarding good habits. This also helps to counteract fears that they may be punished if they make a mistake or fall for a scam.
Right Skale will help you to strengthen your systems by following best practices such as threat modeling, Access Control, Monitoring, API/Container security, data protection techniques, and penetration testing before deploying them in production environments that ensure the security of your applications.
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