Tag: employee awareness
Building a human firewall through gamified learning
Cybercriminals don’t just target systems. They target people. Nearly 70% of cyber incidents stem from preventable human mistakes. This makes an untrained workforce the weakest link in any organisation. Enter gamified learning. This approach to cybersecurity training replaces routine compliance checklists with story-driven challenges based on real-life scenarios.
Agreeable personalities a top target for cybercriminals
People with an agreeable personality have a higher chance of being manipulated by cybercriminals to share private and sensitive information. The study suggests a striking correlation between personality types and cybersecurity risk. I surveyed close to 700 people on their personality type and how likely they were to respond to different social engineering attacks - when cybercriminals trick people into giving up private information or passwords or clicking on harmful links.
New directive ends mandatory workplace vaccination policy debate
On Friday, 11 June 2021, the Department of Employment and Labour issued an updated Occupational Health and Safety Directive which, among other things, expressly permits an employer to implement a mandatory workplace vaccination policy subject to specific guidelines.
The skills needed to protect a digitally-driven organisation
The normalisation of remote working and increased business adoption of cloud technologies have significantly increased the cyberattack surface putting every company at risk of compromise. With more than 10% of internet user computers worldwide experiencing at least one malware-class attack last year and Kaspersky solutions blocking over 665 million attacks launched from online resources in various countries, cybersecurity skills are now more in demand than ever.
