{"id":32089,"date":"2022-03-01T23:22:31","date_gmt":"2022-03-02T04:22:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelogicgroup.com\/what-constitutes-effective-security-measures-in-your-business\/"},"modified":"2022-04-05T15:01:36","modified_gmt":"2022-04-05T20:01:36","slug":"what-constitutes-effective-security-measures-in-your-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelogicgroup.com\/what-constitutes-effective-security-measures-in-your-business\/","title":{"rendered":"What Constitutes Effective Security Measures in Your Business?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>What Constitutes Effective Security Measures in Your Business?<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><strong style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">What Can We Do Internally to Train Our Employees?<\/strong><\/div>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\">\n<div>The combination of an effective security program and employee training is crucial in keeping your business safe.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Employees are a critical part of an organization&#8217;s defense against many IT security threats. Just as having the correct technology solutions is important training personnel to recognize security threats is a critical part of any security strategy.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Training that does not engage employees or provide for continuous learning and reinforcement is not sufficient to truly make employees more security aware.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Cybersecurity employee training best practices include:<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>1. Complying with all local and federal laws and regulations.<br \/>\n2. Getting everyone on board.\u00a0 The entire organization &#8212; it must be all are nothing.<br \/>\n3. Establishing a required baseline of assessment.<br \/>\n4. Creating a system of clear communication about the program.<br \/>\n5. Making the training intriguing and at least a bit entertaining.<br \/>\n6. Enforcing reviewing and repeating no set it and forget it or one and done.<br \/>\n7. Creating a culture of reinforcement and motivation for constant vigilance and learning.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Ivan Dimov of the Infosec Institute gathered these statistics on the effectiveness of security awareness training from a variety of sources:<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>50% of Internet users receive at least one phishing email daily.<\/li>\n<li>97% of people cannot identify a phishing email and 4% of people actually click them.<\/li>\n<li>42% of responders to the US state of cybercrime survey asserted that security awareness training of new employees helps to deter attacks.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>The same report indicated companies without security awareness training for employees suffered 322% higher financial loss to the server security.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><strong style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">How to Start a Security Awareness Training Program<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>1. Be persistent<\/div>\n<div>2. Make it mandatory<\/div>\n<div>3. Make it interesting so people actually do it<\/div>\n<div>4. Stress the importance of security at work and at home<\/div>\n<div>5. Reward employees who discover phishing emails<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>In the past companies tech resources could train employees once a year on best practices for security. Most organizations will conduct annual training and think it&#8217;s one and done. But that&#8217;s not enough.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Security training should continue throughout the year at all levels of the organization specific to each employee&#8217;s job. If you&#8217;re an end-user there has to be training associated with the types of attacks you may receive\u00a0 for example a text or an email.\u00a0 If you are in IT the attacks may be more technical in nature.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>It really is the case of understanding how the threat landscape continues to evolve relative to these attacks and keep IT technical security training current.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Reach out to learn how The Logic Group can help your company protect itself from the potential losses associated with an IT security threat.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/thelogicgroup.com\/contact\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">Contact Us<\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Open Sans' sans-serif; color: #222222; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Small business owners need to educate themselves on the seriousness of cybercrime specifically phishing scams and ransomware.  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