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Increasing Awareness of DNS Hijacking: A Growing Cyber Threat
2024-11-06 21:56

Read more about DNS hijacking and how organizations can prevent it.

Cybersecurity Awareness Lags as Global Workforce Engages in Risky AI Practices
2024-10-11 16:25

46% of Gen Z employees are sharing data with AI, according to new research.

How to Create an Effective Cybersecurity Awareness Program
2024-09-23 16:00

Cybersecurity awareness training is educational content designed to teach employees how to recognize cyberattacks and prevent or mitigate them. Given that human elements play a role in almost...

10 Topics Every Cybersecurity Awareness Training Program Should Cover
2024-09-02 16:00

While the cybersecurity team plays a critical role in the fight against data breaches, a company’s employees are often the first line of defense (or failure). The numbers back this up: IBM’s 2024...

What Is Cybersecurity Awareness Training? Why Your Business Needs it
2024-08-27 16:00

Organizations of all sizes are being targeted by bad actors, which is why cybersecurity awareness training is more important than ever. Unfortunately, most organizations are not motivated to...

Social Engineering Awareness Policy
2024-07-09 16:00

The purpose of this customizable Social Engineering Awareness Policy, written by Maria Carrisa Sanchez for TechRepublic Premium, is to provide guidelines for preventing, recognizing and addressing social engineering attacks. Regular update of passwords: The company believes passwords serve as the fundamental line of security against unwanted access.

GenAI can enhance security awareness training
2024-04-24 04:30

This brings us on to our third point, which is that we should not be looking to harness GenAI for security awareness training. GenAI promises to transform security training for the better.

Best of KB4-CON 2024: The State of Phishing, Hacking and Security Awareness Training
2024-03-06 16:00

We know what went on at security awareness training vendor KnowBe4's seventh annual KB4-CON user conference in Florida. In this feature, written by Drew Robb for TechRepublic Premium, you can get to know about KnowBe4's ambitions to weave AI into its product portfolio, and how AI, voice cloning and ChatGPT have changed the way nefarious individuals hack.

The right strategy for effective cybersecurity awareness
2024-01-17 05:30

Even though employees go through cybersecurity awareness training, half of organizationd' leaders believe their employees still lack cybersecurity knowledge. Effective cybersecurity awareness training can help employees recognize phishing attacks and social engineering schemes, apply username and password best practices, report security incidents and, ultimately, protect sensitive data and systems and prevent their organization from falling victim to a ransomware attack.

Are We Ready to Give Up on Security Awareness Training?
2023-12-19 11:53

Some of you have already started budgeting for 2024 and allocating funds to security areas within your organization. It is safe to say that employee security awareness training is one of the...