User Awareness
The first of the three core components we will cover is user awareness. Of the three core components, this tends to get overlooked and not provided with the attention it needs for your users. Typically, as a user awareness, training, and testing program evolves, there is an emphasis on the training activities and testing type of simulations for the users. Because of this, the user awareness component doesn’t get the focus it needs to be successful. At a high level, user awareness provides users with the information they need to be more aware of the environment around them as it relates to cybersecurity. Although training and testing do bring awareness, there is a focus area around user awareness that needs to be addressed as part of your broader program.
We must provide our users with awareness so they can keep current with the latest threats, which allows them to make better-informed decisions when dealing with potential threats. If a user isn’t...
