Uber wants cyber security to be ‘as instinctive as breathing’ for its staff

Encouraging employees to stick to even the most basic cybersecurity precautions can be a difficult task; often they’re willing to take shortcuts in order to make life simpler, all the while not considering how a weak password or sharing files insecurely could lead to a disastrous data breach.

Like any company, Uber needs to ensure that its employees around the world know how to keep themselves safe from a data breach.

The car ride booking company, founded in 2009, immediately looked to secure its cyber defences because “attackers and hackers aren’t going to wait for a company to become established before they go after your information, your data and your people,” said ‎Samantha Davison, security awareness and education programme manager at Uber, speaking at the recent Infosecurity Europe conference in London. For the full article click here 

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