3 ways any company can guard against insider threats this October

2021-09-27 05:30

October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month, but most business leaders and consumers don't need a special event to remember cybersecurity's preeminence in today's turbulent digital landscape.

While software solutions are critical to securing digital infrastructure and company data, businesses will get the most return-on-investment by directing a significant share of their cybersecurity capacity toward an oft-overlooked priority - their people.

Including employees, contractors, and other trusted third parties with access to company IT, often operate with the de facto trust of their employers.

In response, every company can enhance its cybersecurity posture by acknowledging the potential for malicious insiders to compromise cybersecurity.

With the average company spending only 5 percent of its IT budget on employee training, it's clear that education is an untapped opportunity for many organizations to #BeCyberSmart.

Employees shouldn't have the power to neglect simple best practices, like two-factor authentication or VPN services, that keep accounts and company data secure in a variety of vulnerable environments.

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