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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The University protects personal data, in part, by requiring information security awareness training for all employees. Security awareness is the knowledge and attitude members of an organization ...

Despite increasing investment, security awareness training continues to deliver marginal benefits. With a focus on actions over knowledge, AI-based HRM can personalize training to improve employee ...

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 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 ...

KnowBe4 today released a new white paper that provides data-driven evidence on the effectiveness of security awareness training (SAT) in reducing data breaches. Over ...

Imagine this: As part of an exercise to teach security awareness, employees enter a room. An actual, physical operational security "escape room," which at first looks like a regular office room. But ...

Cybercriminals are diving into AI to craft powerful and customized social engineering schemes. Ranging from deepfakes to mass-produced AI-generated phishing emails, this novel technology has evolved ...

Data security is one of those issues that "takes a village" to address—and HR professionals are part of that village. HR can play an important role in helping to ensure that employees have the ...

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