Why Companies Should Not Count On All Employees To Guard Against Cyberattacks

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As if business leaders don’t have enough to worry about when it comes to guarding their organizations against cyberattacks, today comes word that a third of surveyed employees don’t understand why information security is important.

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“These findings also highlighted the overall disconnect between security leaders and employees when it comes to security culture,” she observed via email. “Virtually all IT and security leaders surveyed agreed that a strong security culture is important in maintaining a strong security posture. Yet, despite rating their organization’s security eight out of 10, on average, three-quarters of organizations experienced a security incident in the last 12 months.

“It makes sense then that the majority of organizations have experienced a security incident if employees don’t understand why security is important,” according to Burton.

 

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