There are plenty who would say that issues around malware and similar threats are due to people being stubborn, lazy or ignorant of how much damage a security incident can cause. M... More
Tag Archives: Security Awareness
We Need More Than Security Awareness to Combat Insider Threats (SecurityIntelligence)
We Need More Than Security Awareness to Combat Insider Threats (SI)
When I was new to the security industry, I firmly believed that people got infected with malware because they didn’t know how to be safe online. I thought problems happened becau... More
Content Protection Summit Keynoter: What Works (And Doesn’t) in Security Awareness
Winn Schwartau, founder of security awareness training firm The Security Awareness Company and information warfare conference series, InforwarCon, has a message for organizations a... More
How IBM Security’s Brad Olive Fights Fires with Security Awareness (SecurityIntelligence)
Brad Olive, learning services program director at IBM Security, uses knowledge to fight fires. Since the advent of the internet, Brad has been spreading security awareness — whic... More
6 Reasons Security Awareness Programs Go Wrong (Dark Reading)
Good news on the security awareness training front: Wombat Security reports that 95% of companies they surveyed now train end users on how to identify and avoid phishing attacks, u... More