What is Security Awareness Training and why is it so important for your business? With the rise in cyber threats and data breaches, it’s more important than ever to have a comprehensive cybersecurity strategy. When it comes to keeping your business, data and online assets safe and secure, you can never be over-prepared.
Implementing a solid cybersecurity strategy is key, and the first place to start is the heart of your organisation… your employees. Using a combination of innovative training methods and cutting-edge technology, we can help your employees stay safe online. This in turn protects you from cyber attacks that could bring down business operations entirely!
Security Awareness Training (SAT) can be an effective way to help your employees stay safe online, in turn protecting your business from the ground up.
Security Awareness Training helps employees understand the importance of cybersecurity and how to protect themselves and the organisation’s information. Training also helps employees identify potential security threats and respond appropriately.
One of the most important aspects of information security is ensuring that all employees are aware of the risks and best practices for protecting the company’s data.
SAT helps to educate employees about common attacks, how to identify malicious emails, and what to do if they encounter a security incident.
Keeping employees aware of threats and how to protect themselves is essential for any company. Online security awareness helps create a culture where people are more likely look out for suspicious activity. Training could lead them reporting issues promptly when they arise.
There are a number of ways to do this; One way is to start with educating managers and executives on the importance of cybersecurity and why it is necessary.
They can then help to promote the training to other employees. The training should be interactive and engaging, using quizzes and games to help employees learn and retail the information.
Periodic refresher courses will help to keep employees up-to-date on the latest security threats, which are always changing as technology advances.
The most effective method that we recommend to all our clients, is to use planned phishing tests to identify vulnerable employees within the organisation.
1 – Enrol in SAT for your organisation through CHS Networks Ltd.
2 – We create personalised phishing/spoofing attacks for your organisation. For example, emails from a senior member of staff requesting a bank transfer to new accounts, links luring you to enter your credentials on a fake Microsoft 365 login or password reset page.
3 – A report is produced detailing actions of your employees in response to the phish or email.
4 – All users that fail to recognise or respond correctly to the phish or scam email can be sent on a bite-size, compulsory training course for that type of attack. Training is included in the cost.
We are recommending every single client we support takes the opportunity to implement this training tool. We have a responsibility to ensure we’re providing our clients with the best possible protection and we believe this is a hugely worthwhile and important exercise.
If no one is caught, you can be sure you are as safe as possible, and that your end users have the education they need however, if they are caught by a genuine scam due to lack of an educational tool like this, it could cost you your reputation and thousands of pounds.
Get in touch with our team if you would like to take the next step to educate your staff and secure your business in the most effective way possible.
