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.

Most successful cyberattacks target end users through social engineering. They also exploit systems left vulnerable due to user errors. This is why securing the human element is crucial to managing ...

Security awareness training programs are maturing as security teams recognize the need to secure the "human element" of cyber risk. But in the face of more sophisticated attacks using MFA bypass ...

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 ...

Human error remains a significant risk for organizations when it comes to cyber threats. In fact, according to Proofpoint’s 2024 Voice of the CISO report, 74% of ...

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 ...

Stu Sjouwerman is the founder and CEO of KnowBe4 Inc., a security awareness training and simulated phishing platform. So, what can organizations do to improve user ...

Lawmakers, compliance standards, and cyber insurers are now requiring organizations to conduct cybersecurity awareness education and training. And not a moment too ...

Rom Hendler is CEO and cofounder of Trustifi, which provides a comprehensive suite of AI-powered, SaaS-based security and email encryption. The development of an organization-wide email security ...

The role of ‘security champions’ – ordinary employees within an organization tasked with improving the cybersecurity knowledge and awareness among their colleagues – is now viewed as a critical part ...

What does it mean when 90% of computer users can remember the name of the performer from the last Super Bowl half-time show, but only 60% know when they had last updated their computer security ...

As organizations continually increase their dependence on information technology (IT) systems to conduct business, mitigating IT risk has become a top priority. But effectively managing IT risk is no ...