How many times have you had to watch your company’s latest cybersecurity training video? An entire industry now exists to train us humans to be smarter in how we operate computers, and yet the number of cybersecurity incidents continues to rise. Are the hackers always one step ahead? Are we impossible to train? Or are we being taught the wrong lessons?
More Training Won’t Reduce Your Cyber Risk
Your plans should assume humans will make mistakes.
November 24, 2017
Summary.
Except for senior managers, who all too often skip training or don’t take it seriously themselves, the way to reduce cyber risks is not more training; it is to not trust humans in the first place. There are simply too many chances for us to accidentally hurt ourselves or the networks on which we operate regardless of how much training we receive. What we need to do is to help users and customers keep themselves and their households and organizations out of trouble. This article discusses several measures that will make a company and its users more secure, regardless of whether or not they receive more training.
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