Risk Awareness
Having good awareness of risk management programs improves the organization's risk culture. It is the key element in impacting the behavior of end users. Through a risk awareness program, each member of the organization can help to identify vulnerabilities, suspicious activities, and other abnormal behavior patterns. This helps in having faster responses to attacks or incidents and thus minimizes their impact.
Tailored Awareness Programs
For a risk awareness program to be effective, it should be tailored to the needs of individual groups. The content of an awareness program should be specific and applicable to individual job functions. This enhances the effectiveness of awareness training. For example, a developer should be made aware of secure coding practices, whereas an end user may only need to be made aware of the risk of phishing emails.
An awareness program should meet the following criteria:
- Be capable of highlighting the relevant risks ...
