Category Archives: Cybersecurity awareness training

Why cybersecurity training isn’t working (and how to fix it)

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Early to a meeting, an employee decides to check direct messages on their favorite social network. Uh, oh. A message from the social network’s security team says their account has been hacked. They’ll need to click on the link to reset their password. You know the rest of the story. The link goes to a […]

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Security Awareness Training 101: Which Employees Need It?

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To understand why you need cybersecurity awareness training, you must first understand employees’ outsized roles in security breaches. “People remain — by far — the weakest link in an organization’s cybersecurity defenses,” noted Verizon on the release of their 2022 Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR). They elaborate that 25% of all breaches covered in the […]

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What “Beginner” Skills do Security Leaders Need to Refresh?

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The chief information security officer (CISO) was once a highly technical role primarily focused on security. But now, the role is evolving. Modern security leaders must work across divisions to secure technology and help meet business objectives. To stay relevant, the CISO must have a broad range of skills to maintain adequate security and collaborate with […]

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The Role of Human Resources in Cybersecurity

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The human resources (HR) department is an integral part of an organization. They work with all departments with a wider reach than even IT. As a highly visible department, HR can support and improve an organization’s security posture through employee training. Their access to employees at the start of employment is an opportunity to lay […]

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How to Solve the People Problem in Cybersecurity

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You may think this article is going to discuss how users are one of the biggest challenges to cybersecurity. After all, employees are known to click on unverified links, download malicious files and neglect to change their passwords. And then there are those who use their personal devices for business purposes and put the network […]

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The Role of Marketing and PR in Incident Response

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Responding to a cyber incident requires teamwork across departments and disciplines. Technical incident responders must work to halt incoming attacks while the communications teams develop a public response. Clear communication is essential.  Communication strategies differ before and after a cyber incident. The way a company approaches both is as important as incident mitigation itself. How […]

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Charles Henderson’s Cybersecurity Awareness Month Content Roundup

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In some parts of the world during October, we have Halloween, which conjures the specter of imagined monsters lurking in the dark. Simultaneously, October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month, which evokes the specter of threats lurking behind our screens. Bombarded with horror stories about data breaches, ransomware, and malware, everyone’s suddenly in the latest cybersecurity trends […]

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Top 5 Cybersecurity Podcasts to Follow in 2022

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One of my favorite parts about talking to cybersecurity professionals is asking how they landed in the industry. Few tell me about a straight path to their career, like attending college or earning a certification. Most launch into an interesting tale of their non-traditional career paths. When I share these stories, I’m often asked how […]

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Why You Need a Diversity and Inclusion Program in Cybersecurity

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This is a time of major changes for businesses and agencies. That includes the move to the cloud and the shift to being digital-first. So, cybersecurity has moved to a front-and-center position in many companies and industries. When talking about security, it’s easy to focus on the tools and technologies. After all, they’re what we […]

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10 Years Later, What Did LulzSec Mean for Cybersecurity?

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While working on several articles on the WannaCry attacks for my job as a cybersecurity journalist, I learned about LulzSec, which ranked among the most notable attacks of the 2010s. I wanted to find out more about the group that committed major cybersecurity attacks on many household-name companies over a chaotic 50 days in 2011. […]

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