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Cybersecurity Awareness Month: Why haven't you updated your security policies?
2021-10-18 15:16

Join Today While you're sipping that pumpkin spice latte, make sure to review your company's cybersecurity policies. While some companies are trying to adopt artificial intelligence into their daily work, others are still scrambling to develop remote work policies.

Cybersecurity awareness month: Fight the phish!
2021-10-11 18:18

It's the second week of Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2021, and this week's theme is an alliterative reminder: Fight the Phish! Anti-phishing advice often seems to fall on deaf ears, because phishing is an old cybercrime trick, and lots of people seem to think it's what computer scientists or mathematical analysts call a solved game.

Cybersecurity Awareness Month: #BeCyberSmart
2021-10-04 18:11

As you probably know, October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month, which means it's a great opportunity to do three things: Stop. Those three words were chosen many years ago by the US public service as a short and simple motto for cybersecurity awareness.

Cybercrime awareness heightened, yet people still engage in risky online behaviors
2021-10-01 04:30

Their behaviors online are risky at best and are putting them at risk of cybercrime. Aura hopes to help solve this problem for consumers by providing resources, products and guidance on how to keep your identity, finances and devices safe from online threats." Many people believe they will feel about the same or even less secure in 2030 than they feel online today.

Cybersecurity awareness is one of the skills needed for a post-pandemic economy
2021-08-31 03:00

"Digital collaboration" and "Critical thinking" are among the modern skills workers need for the post-pandemic economy, according to a new report. Technology skills Digital collaboration - less than half of workers have been given sufficient training on relevant coworking tools.

SMEs awareness of GDPR is high, but few adhere to its legal requirements
2021-08-16 03:00

85 percent of the small- to medium-sized enterprises in the UK are familiar with GDPR, but more than half are still not cleaning their data and therefore not adhering to the GDPR's legal requirements, a REaD Group survey reveals. The survey of 1,110 SMEs also revealed that only 40 percent hold their customer and prospect data in a CRM or other database: a surprisingly low figure given that businesses need to maintain contact with their customers for sales and marketing purposes, and never more so than over the past 15 months.

Product showcase: ESET Cybersecurity Awareness Training
2021-07-14 05:00

With 30+ years of research and in-house training experience, ESET delivers a top-tier experience suitable for workers at all levels of your organization. ESET Cybersecurity Awareness Training is specifically designed to educate your workforce-because human error is cited as a major contributing cause in 95% of all breaches.

Security Awareness Training is Broken. Human Risk Management (HRM) is the Fix
2021-07-08 02:43

Even with more businesses rolling out staff security awareness training programs to combat evolving cyber threats, over 90% of data breaches still stem from human error. Training courses are wrongly seen as a silver bullet - Regular training is vital for helping employees strengthen their security behaviour, but computer-based courses are just one tool for tackling human cyber risk.

Awareness of cyberattacks and cybersecurity may be lacking among workers
2021-07-01 18:04

In order to protect themselves and your business against phishing campaigns, malware and other types of attacks, your workers should have a certain awareness of cyber incidents and more importantly security best practices. Automatically expecting your fellow workers to become knowledgeable enough about cybersecurity to help combat attacks is foolhardy, unless you provide them with the right training.

DeltaNet International Phishing Simulator strengthens phishing attacks awareness training
2021-06-30 02:15

DeltaNet International announced the availability of its Phishing Simulator, to help organizations strengthen their cybersecurity awareness training against phishing attacks. The phishing simulation tool can be used simply to test the susceptibility of an organization from falling victim to a phishing attack, but when combined with follow-up training to close knowledge and risk gaps, users can experience true added value.