Teach employees the WHY behind good cyber hygiene
Before teaching them awareness tips, staff must buy in to why. Rules and tips require context. Employees will be asking: “Why do I need them?”
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1. How the organization is being targeted
2. Industry stories about incidents at related organizations
3. How individuals like them have been targeted
4. Impacts from ransomware and malware
5. Impacts from fraud attacks
6. Impacts from accidental exposures
7. Impacts from insider threats
What have you found that gets employees’ attention and buy-in to participate in awareness training?
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Scott Wright is CEO of Click Armor, the gamified simulation platform that helps businesses avoid breaches by engaging employees to improve their proficiency in making decisions for cyber security risk and corporate compliance. He has over 20 years of cyber security coaching experience and was creator of the Honey Stick Project for Smartphones as a demonstration in measuring human vulnerabilities.
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