Businesses today have been forced to rapidly transform how work is done, with new interconnectivity that enables employees to work from home. COVID-19 didn’t start the remote work trend, but it did greatly accelerate it, leaving business leaders scrambling to figure out how to ensure their employees stay secure and productive outside of the office. Unfortunately, increased remote access means that each employee has a key to the castle, and with less support and oversight than ever before. And no matter how knowledgeable, experienced, or dedicated your security team — or how robust your cybersecurity tools — all it takes is one act of employee negligence to bring your entire organization to its knees.
No matter how much you spend on your security infrastructure, it won’t do a bit of good if the people you employ aren’t using it correctly. For example, you could install the best antivirus in the world, but if an employee falls for a spear-phishing scam and inadvertently gives their password to a hacker, it’s all for nothing. That’s why it’s more critical than ever to have a culture of security.