Sunday 23 September 2018

Let’s face it, users should never be the last line of defense in cybersecurity


It’s been obvious for a while now that the security industry is turning in circles. Users have walked a very insecure tightrope for decades, clicking on links, opening attachments, and downloading unchecked files without a safety net in place. I always find it sad when organizations are surprised that the bad guys found a way to trick an employee into clicking something malicious even though that employee has successfully completed a security awareness seminar. In a survey last year, my team and I found that 99 percent of CISOs see users as the last line of defense against the bad…

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https://ift.tt/2xJnLTQ Fraser Kyne September 23, 2018 at 12:00PM

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