In what was a far-sighted move back in 2004, the President of the United States and Congress declared October to be Cybersecurity Awareness Month, dedicated to helping individuals protect themselves online as threats to technology and confidential data become more commonplace.
This has now become a regular event on the calendar and the theme of this year's campaign is 'See Yourself in Cyber', aiming to underline the fact that cybersecurity is ultimately about people rather than technology.
As always security industry figures are keen to offer their views on the importance of cybersecurity and what can be done to improve it. Here are some of their comments.
Bec McKeown, director of human science at Immersive Labs, stresses the importance of the personal angle:
The theme of this year's Cybersecurity Awareness Month, 'See Yourself in Cyber,' is particularly meaningful as it emphasizes the power that all people have in their organization's cybersecurity efforts. An organization can have all the latest technology and tools in place, but without a cyber resilient workforce, its security posture can be entirely unsuccessful or faulty. That's because, at its foundation, successful cybersecurity is about people.
Business leaders should ask themselves: are we ready for the next cyber attack, and how do we know? The current capabilities of their organization and work to strengthen them. From a psychological perspective, leaders should tap into the four pillars from the Robertson Cooper Model: purposefulness, social support, growing self-efficacy, and adaptability, to inspire change and commitment to strengthening cybersecurity skills throughout their organizations. Leaders also need to be able to prove cyber readiness of ..
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