Security awareness and training

One specific area of importance in the process is to ensure that you don't forget to test your users and provide them with training and an awareness of vulnerabilities. The human factor is one of the weakest links when it comes to security, and providing awareness is critical and something that is quite often overlooked.

There are three important components to consider for a robust employee security program. The first is testing, most commonly completed through phishing campaigns or an attack simulator. Secondly, we need to ensure that we provide a robust training program and keep a record of employees who have taken and passed the training. This shouldn't be a one-time event, but rather an ongoing event. Lastly, you need to provide awareness to your users as needed. Sending a weekly security communication with tips, tricks, and recommendations, or providing somewhere for users to learn more, such as on an internal portal, will help strengthen...