Cybersecurity has become a crucial aspect of our daily lives. With more and more sensitive information being stored digitally, organizations must take the necessary precautions to ensure data is secure. Despite advances in technical cybersecurity systems, human risk remains the largest threat for a data breach.
Human risk is any threat arising from the human element. An organization’s staff, vendors, and partners can all play a role in human risk. Whether intentionally or unintentionally, human actions can open doors for cybercriminals to gain access to sensitive information and data.
Falling for phishing scams, clicking on malicious links, downloading suspicious or unexpected attachments, and even personally stealing data are all classified as human risk. The danger these human risk actions present is significant. Assessing human risk is difficult. Identifying weak spots for certain actions may be feasible, but the risk of an insider threat can be undetectable and result in severe damage. Damage from human risk can include financial loss, reputational harm, and operational downtime.
So, what can you do to mitigate the dangers of human risk within cybersecurity? Developing a comprehensive cybersecurity training program for their employees is a great start. Cybersecurity training helps employees learn the importance of their role within the defense system. Educating your staff fortifies and secures by creating awareness. It is unrealistic to approach cybersecurity defense without incorporating the human element of your organization.
Through realistic phishing simulations, you can test your staff’s readiness and whether or not the cybersecurity training program content is working. If you see a decrease in failure actions compared to the baseline, you’re on the right track! Eliminating all human risk is unrealistic, but mitigating human risk is achievable and allows you to define additional security parameters to eliminate consistent failures from essential access to sensitive data or take additional corrective action to keep your organization as safe and secure as possible.
Guarding against the cyber threats presented by human risk factors is a critical piece of what we aim to solve at PhishingBox. Our solution ecosystem provides organizations with the powerful tools necessary to manage human risk effectively. Featuring a variety of well-designed phishing templates, cybersecurity course content, and campaign types allows any business to identify human risk gaps and incorporate corrective action to mitigate them.
Simulated phishing attacks exploit unsuspecting, busy staffers who fall into the trap of not conducting due diligence. These fraudulent, malicious emails are designed to look like legitimate internal or external communications but contain nefarious links or attachments capable of compromising local device security or the company network.
By monitoring and accurately receiving reporting data on which employees fall for these scams, organizations can identify which individuals need additional cybersecurity training to improve overall security posture.
In addition to simulated phishing attacks, PhishingBox offers a variety of other tools designed to help companies manage human risk and general cyber threat risk. With our library of cybersecurity training material, you can educate your employees on best practices for digital and physical security relating to data breaches and scams. These materials can be customized to fit the specific needs of your company and can be delivered in a variety of formats, including online training modules or emailed directly to target user inboxes.
Incorporating the KillPhish scan and report feature allows organizations to mitigate delivery from known threats and report suspicious activity to a quarantine inbox for further investigation.
Implementing a comprehensive cybersecurity training program for your organization is a proactive approach intended to reduce the risk of a breach occurring and manage human risk effectively. By partnering with us at PhishingBox, you’re taking the first step toward a more secure future.
Addressing the psychological aspects of human risk is a major component of human risk assessment and human risk management. Understanding most employees do not intentionally put the company at risk while planning for a worst-case scenario of an insider attack plants your organization on firm ground to detect and defend against human risk and combat cyberattacks and cyber threats proactively. Providing the necessary cybersecurity knowledge and cyber training will help employees understand the importance of their actions and create a culture of cybersecurity awareness.
Requiring continuous cybersecurity training keeps staff aware of the latest cyberattack threats and themes and helps mitigate against these evolving schemes. Updated, current training content courses, security tips, and phishing templates will keep your employees abreast of innovative attempts to trip them up and prevent human risk where possible.
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