The Human Problem - Governance Fail

It is said that humans are the weakest links in cybersecurity. Organizations can spend lots of resources setting up a top-class cybersecurity infrastructure, but a small mistake from a user can defeat the purpose of the security infrastructure. This is why organizations need to address the human factor when implementing cybersecurity plans, but unfortunately, that is exactly what they are not doing. Executives in organizations also believe that cybersecurity is the burden of the IT department. Executives, therefore, do not approve funding for initiatives or measures intended to have all users made aware of cybersecurity risks. As a result, statistics show that humans are some of the biggest causes of the losses incurred annually due to cybersecurity risks. According to NIST, a US body that provides a cybersecurity control framework, 35% of data...