As such, end-users must be taught not only how to recognize social engineering and phishing threats, but also how to treat them, report them and ensure their colleagues aren’t falling foul to them.

A skilled team of professionals and the right security technologies are undoubtedly important to securing your organization, but your first line of defense against cybercrime is always your employees.

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As threat actors continue to evolve, so does the tooling that protects a firm's environment. In addition to training, security advisories should be distributed on a regular basis, and security ...

When it comes to cybersecurity, there’s so much emphasis centered on technology—keeping networks, devices and IT environments safe—that organizations often forget hackers aren’t always targeting ...

Multiple recent studies conclude that nine out of ten cyberattacks and data breaches originate from human error. To mitigate this, organizations are increasingly ...

The holiday season is the most wonderful time of the year for cybercriminals. Threat adversaries inevitably have more opportunities to carry out targeted attacks as more people are online shopping and ...

There’s an old adage in cybersecurity that humans are the weakest link in the security chain. That’s increasingly true, as threat actors compete to exploit credulous or careless employees. But it’s ...

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Arctic Wolf®, the leader in security operations, today announced the launch of Arctic Wolf Managed Security Awareness®, a radical new approach to security and ...

The new KnowBe4 white paper, “Data Confirms Value of Security Awareness Training and Simulated Phishing”, is based on the largest analysis of its kind. TAMPA BAY, Fla. — (Oct. 30, 2023) KnowBe4, a ...

When boiled down to its core, the objective of any good cybersecurity awareness program is quite simple: to help people make better risk decisions. That sounds great, but achieving it can be quite a ...

DeKalb County School District in Georgia tasks students with leading cybersecurity awareness, training them to recognize and ...