Your people are another critical element of a comprehensive cyber security and privacy compliance program. According to a 2017 Verizon Data Breach Report, user error caused 90% of successful network breaches.
Training your employees about security and privacy topics is critical to maintaining compliance with your industry’s regulations and standards. In addition to the risks of lost data, regulatory authorities can levy extensive fines for noncompliance with the laws for PCI, CCPA, FISMA, FedRAMP, HIPAA, GDPR, and others. Learn more in our Regs & Standards FAQ section of the site.
Employees who can recognize and respond to cyber threats targeted at them increase your organization’s information security preparedness. A security awareness training plan includes identifying and documenting who, what, where, when, and how stakeholders will be trained.
Train every new employee, contractor, and vendor who joins your team and will have access to any sensitive business data. Tailor the training content to each stakeholders’ job responsibilities.
You should review your training program regularly – ideally monthly, but at least quarterly. Be sure to update training materials to address new security threats when they become known, explain changes to regulations and standards, and illustrate any recent changes to security software and tools that your company uses.
SecureFLO offers multiple options for cybersecurity, privacy compliance, and phishing education for your team:
We can provide a cloud-based video solution that employees can access anytime from anywhere they have an internet connection. They’ll be able to watch concise videos that teach them about various security topics and how to respond to threats if they get targeted by a hacker.
This solution allows you to manage and report on stakeholders’ progress, including whether each employee has reviewed company policies and completed the required security awareness and privacy training. You can also generate reports for compliance and use them during audits.
Phishing is a type of social engineering that begins with an attacker sending a fraudulent message. The message is designed to trick the recipient into revealing sensitive information to the attacker or enable the hacker to deploy malicious software on the victim’s infrastructure (such as ransomware).
According to research from the US National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST), organizations worldwide stand to lose over $9 billion because of employees clicking links embedded in phishing emails. Hackers continue to create new approaches to phishing – learn more about different types of phishing attacks in our Phishing FAQ. By leveraging our expertise and services, our clients have reduced their risk of phishing attacks by over 80%.
Our phishing simulation service provides your organization with the tools and education to reduce phishing attacks. We will develop simulated phishing attempts relevant to your business and the work that your employees perform. The Phishing attempts will target a predetermined team or department.
Each time someone is successfully “phished” by the simulation, our solution provides a brief explanation about the mistake they made and what to look for in the future. Getting immediate feedback in the context of when the employee clicked a phishing link improves their ability to recognize an actual phishing attempt.
After the simulation, we will examine the data on click rates for successful (simulated) phishing attacks. We will share this information with your team to better understand why employees clicked on certain deceptive emails.
With our game-based phishing training, users can play a game that scores them on phishing (and various aspects of cybersecurity awareness). This training provides an easy and entertaining way to train and engage your employees, temps, contractors, and vendors.
SecureFLO can deliver custom training for teams and departments requiring a more detailed education about specific cybersecurity and privacy compliance topics.
