The National Association of State CIOs (NASCIO) has been known for publishing many outstanding briefing papers which provide invaluable insight into improving technology in the public sector. A newly ...

What’s your biggest security problem? Is it Exchange/Outlook? Internet Information Server? Windows scripting? Actually, if you think about it, it’s none of those. Your biggest security problem is the ...

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There’s an old adage in cybersecurity that humans are the weakest link in the security chain. That’s increasingly true, as threat actors compete to exploit credulous or careless employees. But it’s ...

‘Small and medium businesses are in front of threats day in and day out. The Trojan horse is the employee inside that business that just doesn’t know what’s going on,’ says Webroot’s Braden Sawyer.

Security awareness is one of the most important steps to building a culture of security in an organization. However, finding the right approach to engage employees in security awareness programs is ...

Time and again, whenever a company is breached, people say: "They were phished. Did they do awareness training? They did? Well, somebody still clicked, so that obviously failed." Then they continue: ...

As such, end-users must be taught not only how to recognize social engineering and phishing threats, but also how to treat them, report them and ensure their colleagues aren’t falling foul to them.

A skilled team of professionals and the right security technologies are undoubtedly important to securing your organization, but your first line of defense against cybercrime is always your employees.

Human error causes approximately 85 percent of data breaches, often because they don’t know how prevalent the threat is or what they should be looking for ...

Most successful cyberattacks target end users through social engineering. They also exploit systems left vulnerable due to user errors. This is why securing the human element is crucial to managing ...

CISOs and security leaders make a point to gather analytics and data to establish meaningful metrics for their organizations’ cybersecurity. Key performance indicators (KPIs), such as intrusion ...