Is cyber security awareness training a priority?
Nowadays cyber security isn’t just a problem for your IT department to deal with.
Most companies take their cyber security measures seriously. With firewalls etc., but one element that scarily a lot are neglecting is the human element.
Every member of your team should be educated on cyber awareness and what to look out for. They should be taking their role in protecting your organisation’s data and systems from the threat of a cyber-attack seriously.
Human error could be your biggest vulnerability:
Unfortunately, the primary cause of cyber attack is human error. With successful infiltration caused by a simple, unknowing mistake. Including clicking links, opening attachments or entering secure details into fake log in pages.
The above is why phishing remains one of the most popular forms that criminals use to attack.
Without the proper training to educate your team, you may be overlooking the fact that some of your employees are simply unaware of the risks posed and could be the cause of a future attack.
Phishing attacks can be costly in more ways than just financial:
Of course, phishing attacks can cause financial loss. Especially if an employee is tricked into transferring funds or sharing sensitive financial information then your business will suffer immediate financial losses.
Phishing emails could be used to deliver ransomware. Where your company’s data is encrypted and the criminals demand ransom payment to release it, which payment is often costly, similarly performing back ups and disaster recovery is also expensive and takes a significant amount of time.
Business reputation:
No customer wants to know that their sensitive data has been compromised. The damage to your reputation in terms of trust could inevitably lead to loss through sales. To combat this, you may need to invest heavily in PR and marketing campaigns to reassure customers, but this process can be timely.
Downtime:
Phishing attacks can cause significant disruption to your daily operations. Causing a loss of productivity and delays to work across all departments.
You can be proactive:
Phishing attacks are no doubt costly, inconvenient and can have a serious impact on your organisation.
However, you can take the proactive approach to minimise your risk of a cyber attack caused by human error. By taking advantage of our security awareness training and phishing simulation, educating your employees in how to be able to spot a cyber-attack, reminding them to be constantly vigilant…
The training focusses on educating employees about cyber security best practices and the different techniques used by criminals in social engineering attacks.
Whilst the sophistication of these attacks has increased significantly, many training and testing programmes haven’t kept pace.
Our security partner brings their extensive experience and deep knowledge to deliver a training programme that effectively addresses today’s advanced threat levels.
So, talk to Data Installation & Supplies Ltd (DIS) today by calling 01274 869 099 or fill in our enquiry form below to better understand our successful cyber security awareness training programme and phishing simulations to build a robust security culture within your organisation.
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