Cybersecurity awareness month is here. Each year, it’s important to explore any new tactics the industry can leverage to raise awareness. The threat landscape is evolving and expanding too quickly for us to keep up. So, we can’t afford to rely on the same awareness gambits year after year.
For as long as the security industry has existed, fear has always been a key ingredient for changing behavior. But if we’re going to foster lasting and positive change, we can no longer scare people into becoming more secure. We may not even be able to train people to become more secure, either.
Some groundbreaking insight into security awareness shows how companies can address the human element in their risk management strategy. Masha Sedova, founder of Elevate Security and regular security awareness presenter for RSA, Blackhat and SANS, has the insight.
In addition, we’ll discuss how to motivate employees. What strategies can you put into place to minimize the human element of risk?
Why We Need to Rethink Cybersecurity Awareness
Sedova, a former Salesforce executive who founded Elevate Security with fellow Salesforce executive Robert Fry, wanted to address the human element of security. So, they created the world’s first human attack surface management platform.
According to Sedova, straight-up security training isn’t effective. If it was, we would have seen the cybersecurity awareness problem solved at least a decade ago.
“What I see us doing is iterating on something that is fundamentally only one tool in the larger tool belt,” she said. “If we keep relying on it, we’re not going to move forward.”
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