Security News > 2020 > December > How to address security fatigue and stop cybercriminals from winning
"The seemingly endless ocean of threats can paralyze those who make decisions for an organization. They sense an ominous feeling of blood in the water yet lack clarity about how to stop the sharks from feeding."
Not unlike the fatigue being experienced due to COVID-19, users are flooded continuously with news about this or that data breach and how their sensitive information was stolen.
As to how that can be accomplished, Jason I. Hong, co-founder of Wombat Security Technologies, offers his thoughts in the Alexandra Michel's Association for Psychological Science article, Psyber Security: Thwarting Hackers with Behavioral Science.
"They can give people the tools to identify likely threat scenarios, how to detect them, and how to respond."
"The ability to improve cybersecurity posture and avoid the slow decay of concern seems to lie in making cybersecurity a digestible, positive experience. If nothing else, individuals and organizations should consider how they think about cybersecurity and about how those thoughts translate into their everyday actions."