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.

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 ...

Whenever a data breach or a ransomware attack occurs, usually there’s an unsuspecting employee who has clicked on a malicious link or not followed the correct security policies or processes. This is ...

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Roy Zur is the founder and CEO of ThriveDX Enterprise: a leading end-to-end human factor cybersecurity solutions provider. I believe the key to reducing these threats is improving security awareness ...

Cybercriminals aren't only targeting your employees; now they're also after the C-suite. The number of reported data breaches continued increasing exponentially this year, up 17% from 2020. Even more ...

The holiday season is the most wonderful time of the year for cybercriminals. Threat adversaries inevitably have more opportunities to carry out targeted attacks as more people are online shopping and ...

Six MSP executives share details on how they’re helping customers to stay secure through education and awareness training for their teams. As cyberthreats continue to evolve—and intensify—MSPs are ...

Cybersecurity training educates the workforce in best practices to avoid ransomware and malware. Explore top courses now. We are able to offer our services for free because some vendors may pay us for ...

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.

In the summer of 2021, analyst Gartner published its Market guide for security awareness computer-based training. It reported that the human element (85%) continues to be a primary catalyst for data ...

Security awareness programs aren't keeping up. Let’s start with the hard truth: Despite billions spent on cybersecurity tools and infrastructure, the number one ...