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Veristor Partners with SANS Security Awareness to Deliver Employee Security Awareness Training

Issued by: Dark Reading

Veristor Systems, Inc., a trusted provider of transformative business technology solutions, and SANS Security Awareness, the global leader in providing security awareness training, today announce that Veristor has become a certified provider of SANS Security Awareness’ comprehensive suite of products to enable a data-driven approach to cybersecurity training for an organization’s end users. “Researchers from…

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Cybersecurity awareness is one of the skills needed for a post-pandemic economy

Issued by: Help Net Security

“Digital collaboration” and “critical thinking” are among the modern skills workers need for the post-pandemic economy, according to a new report. Questionmark is calling on employers to measure strengths and weaknesses across the workforce. The report explores what workers need to thrive in a modern environment. Such is the scale of the shift required, that…

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U.S. cybersecurity: Preparing for the challenges of 2021

Issued by: Help Net Security

In 2020, cybersecurity became a business problem for every industry, as well as the U.S. government. According to a new report by the Aspen Cybersecurity Group, there are several opportunities for the new presidential administration to increase cybersecurity efforts and awareness to create a more resilient digital infrastructure. Organizations like the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security…

Mobile Security

Securing mobile devices, apps, and users should be every CIO’s top priority

Issued by: Help Net Security

More than 80% of global employees do not want to return to the office full-time, despite 30% employees claiming that being isolated from their team was the biggest hindrance to productivity during lockdown, a MobileIron study reveals. The COVID-19 pandemic has clearly changed the way people work and accelerated the already growing remote work trend….

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Why developing cybersecurity education is key for a more secure future

Issued by: Help Net Security

Cybersecurity threats are growing every day, be they are aimed at consumers, businesses or governments. The pandemic has shown us just how critical cybersecurity is to the successful operation of our respective economies and our individual lifestyles. The rapid digital transformation it has forced upon us has seen us rely almost totally on the internet,…

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How vital is cybersecurity awareness for a company’s overall IT security?

Issued by: Help Net Security

The benefits of cybersecurity awareness programs are currently the subject of broad discussion, particularly when it comes to phishing simulations. Nowadays, companies not only invest in IT security solutions, but also in the training of their employees with the goal of making them more conscious of security issues. Already 96 percent of companies conduct security…

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4 in 10 organizations punish staff for cybersecurity errors

Issued by: Help Net Security

New research has found that 42% of organizations are taking disciplinary action against staff who make cybersecurity errors. To examine the prevalence of punishment in businesses and the impact of this on staff, a team of researchers led by Dr John Blythe, Head of Behavioral Science at CybSafe, conducted a survey of cybersecurity awareness professionals…

Network Security

Phishing attacks are a complex problem that requires layered solutions

Issued by: Help Net Security

Most cyber attacks start with a social engineering attempt and, most often that not, it takes the form of a phishing email. It’s easy to understand the popularity of this attack vector: phishing campaigns are relatively inexpensive (money- and time-wise), yet successful. Attackers don’t need to create/buy technical exploits that might or might not work…

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Employees are mistakenly confident that they can spot phishing emails

Issued by: Help Net Security

While a majority (79%) of people say they are able to distinguish a phishing message from a genuine one, nearly half (49%) also admit to having clicked on a link from an unknown sender while at work, according to a Webroot survey. Further, nearly half (48%) of respondents said their personal or financial data had…

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Insights into end-user security awareness and behavior around phishing

Issued by: Help Net Security

Phishing remains a leading concern for organizations worldwide. A new Proofpoint report features analysis of data related to nearly 130 million cybersecurity questions and offers insights into employee knowledge levels across 14 categories, 16 industries, and more than 20 commonly used department classifications. Overall, one in every four questions in the “Identifying Phishing Threats” and…