The importance of security culture can be seen now more than ever. Many of us work remotely; there are app concerns; and the lines between personal and business use of devices and networks are blurred, challenging our cyber resilience. Therefore, despite all the great tools, frameworks and protective measures in place, we need to ensure people are doing what they can to help protect the larger network. These basic tips can make a great checklist for creating a culture of cybersecurity at work, regardless of employees’ level of security literacy.
What Goes Up, Must Come Down
Business today is astoundingly convenient. We can work off our phones, bring-your-own-device (BYOD) capabilities are wide-ranging and we can work from anywhere with a solid internet connection. These conveniences helped fuel a meteoric rise in security-related technologies, such as artificial intelligence and monitoring capabilities. But if the cybersecurity culture concerns are left unaddressed, those meteoric rises can become crashes and craters.
For this reason alone, employees must accept they have security responsibilities. Once they have done so, they have many ways to handle those responsibilities. Your organization can develop a cybersecurity culture relatively easily if you focus on the following: support your team, demystify security concerns, accurately convey the consequences and focus on the basics.
What is Cybersecurity Culture?
It is organizational behavior 101: just like any other business function, you need to set up your team for success. Your best-laid plans will go to waste with over-engineered policies, jargon and difficult to u ..
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