Imagine you're working at the front desk of a tech company when a woman walks through the front door and tells you she was just in a car accident. You ask if there's anything you can do to help, but she says it wasn't serious and asks if you could direct her to a restroom.
You later discover that the woman inserted a flash drive into an unattended computer and infected your company's entire system with a destructive form of malware. Or at least that's what she could have done if the malware was real — this strange scenario was actually an elaborate demonstration (arranged by a cybersecurity professional I know) designed to show employees that not all cyberattacks are carried out remotely.
The idea that cybercriminals never interact with their targets is one of many cybersecurity myths that need to be debunked. With millions of employees now attempting to work from home for the first time due to the COVID-19 pandemic — which increases their vulnerability more than ever — it's vital to challenge stubborn misconceptions about cybersecurity.
Myth No. 1: The security team is going to protect me.Many employees argue that they aren't particularly technical, so they simply delegate the job of keeping themselves and the company safe to someone else. But at a time when every employee uses multiple connected devices and hackers are increasingly targeting people across entire companies, there's no excuse for leaving cybersecurity up to someone else.
Andy Boldin is the solutions delivery chief at SAIC, and he told me the complacent idea that "the security team is going to protect me" is ..
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