Friday, 15 July 2016

‘BLIND’ CYBER SECURITY TRAINING ‘INCREASES RISK’

Cyber security training “implemented blindly” by managers will leave businesses open to hacking attacks, an expert panellist at an upcoming Insider event has warned.

Mark Lomas, IT consultant at Icomm Technologies in Birmingham, said ensuring employees were fully up to speed on protecting data and IT systems was more important than ever.

A recent report by PwC found six in ten companies had fallen victim to cybercrime via staff; either through inadvertent or deliberate action.

However, Lomas said security policies should not be communicated to staff via diktats, but should instead be made more relevant to employees’ lives. For the full article click here 



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