What Your Cyber Security Awareness Training Should Include
Cyber security awareness and training can go a long way for your business.
Your business’s cyber security will be better strengthened by educating your staff.
This is because a business’s employees are often the entry point for cybercriminals.
Many compliance regulations such as HIPAA and GDPR also require employees to participate in cyber security training.
Here are a few foundational elements that every training should include:
Multi-Factor Authentication and Passphrases
Changing security behaviours should be essential in your security awareness training.
Some employees choose passwords that are easy to remember or tend to use the same password across multiple accounts.
This makes it easier for hackers to gain access to critical business systems.
It’s important that your business adopts a good password policy or uses technology such as password managers to support your staff.
The awareness training should include creating passphrases i.e., secure passwords that are easy to remember.
This is also a good opportunity for your staff to update their old passwords and learn about how to use multi-factor authentication.
Social Engineering
Phishing scams and other forms of social engineering should be prioritised.
Of the 39% of UK businesses who identified an attack, the most common threat vector was phishing attempts (83%)[1].
Awareness training should highlight the dangers of social engineering through simulated attacks to test people’s real-time responses to cyber security threats.
This helps prepare your staff to identify phishing attempts and better respond to genuine day-to-day threats.
Public Wi-Fi and Browsing Securely
With the rise of remote working, it is crucial to discuss the dangers of working on public Wi-Fi and not browsing securely.
Using an unsecured public Wi-Fi connection such as a café can allow hackers to easily infiltrate your business’s network.
This can be countered by educating your staff on using VPNs.
Moreover, going through a step-by-step guide on browser configuration can help avoid tracking or form auto-filling.
Preventing Identity Theft
Identify theft reigns as the most prevalent form of cybercrime.
Your staff’s awareness training should include:
This ensures that your training is not just improving security awareness but security behaviours as well.
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[1] https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/cyber-security-breaches-survey-2022/cyber-security-breaches-survey-2022