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and story-driven learning expériences. |
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The challenge of raising employee cyber awareness
In a world of constant connectivity and instant data sharing, cyber security challenges are more present than ever. According to Verizon’ s latest Data Breach Investigations Report, 74 % of all data breaches are attributed to the human element. IBM’ s research parallels these findings, listing credential theft and phishing as the top two attack vectors. With humancentric cyber threats on the rise, security leaders are asking themselves: How can we fortify and equip our employees to shield both themselves and our organization?
This underscores the importance of a strong security culture in organizations. And central to this culture is implementing cyber security awareness training, which empowers employees to identify cyberthreats and respond appropriately. However, even if security awareness has long been a component of security strategies across companies, it’ s now undergoing a fundamental shift.
Traditional training models, which largely focus on fulfilling regulatory requirements and offer static content libraries, are proving ineffectual against the new-age threats that come with the professionalized cybercrime industry. And this inadequacy is further highlighted by a longstanding industry misconception: the belief that mere knowledge ensures proactive security behavior. Yet, reality paints a different picture. Often, individuals will bypass security protocols if they perceive an immediate, tangible benefit, outweighing the intangible risk. This behavior underscores a significant gap in the industry’ s approach: the lack of personal relevance in training. In fact, a study by our Human Risk Review 2023 unveiled the core issues with current awareness trainings: they’ re time-consuming, too broad, and monotonous.
science into security awareness programs and incorporating mi ¬ cro-learning, gamification, and nudging in their awareness programs, companies can transition from isolated measures to continuous security culture management, providing robust protection against social engineering.
However, there’ s another key element to effective cyber security education: personalization. Recognizing the diversity in cyber security awareness among employees is essential, as every employee interacts with technology in their own way. While some are skilled in the digital world, others may be cautious due to limited experience. Training must also consider an individual’ s past experiences, professional background, and access to digital tools. The benefits of this strategy are manifold: Tailored cyber security training increases engagement by making lessons relevant to individual roles, allows precise targeting of strengths and weaknesses, and addresses a wide range of risks by considering each employee’ s behavioral tendencies.
Platforms like SoSafe make cyber security awareness a shared responsibility. SoSafe gamifies the learning process, using reallife phishing simulations and tailored learning paths to engrain secure habits and transform users from skeptics to advocates. The platform also equips decision-makers with actionable insights via an interactive dashboard, and our new Rapid Awareness feature transforms security communication – any time prompt action is required.
Investing in tools that integrate all these elements, like SoSafe, can empower all employees, solve some of the challenges of security awareness training, and build a resilient organization equipped to face the evolving threat landscape.
This means that the focus must shift from compliance-centric measures to initiatives that effectively cultivate secure habits among employees, enabling them to operate securely in their day-to-day work lives. By integrating principles from behavioral
Dr. Niklas Hellemann, CEO of SoSafe