With the necessity of remote work creating a deluge of additional cybersecurity risks in this COVID-era, and the financial and reputational consequences of experiencing a security incident at an all-time high, businesses are under enormous pressure to constantly and proactively protect their assets.
Security awareness can help businesses bolster their cybersecurity efforts and, as an added benefit, it can ensure compliance and adherence to best practices such as NIST, ISO 27001 and PCI-DSS. Historically, security awareness has largely involved implementing basic cybersecurity training, online learning modules and simulated phishing exercises. It can help employees learn to avoid clicking on common phishing scams, recognize that they have a role to play in enforcing cybersecurity and become more familiar with the nature of threats such as phishing.