The pandemic changed everything. Even cybersecurity.
Challenge 1: changing your cybersecurity strategy overnight
Challenge 2: slow and steady doesn't win the race here
Challenge 3: getting your people to actually do what you say
What can you and your company do to lower the risk of cyber-attacks?
1. Set clear policies
2. Educate your users
3. Don't rely on your users
4. Get a kicka security tool
5. Compliance is boring, but it's everything
6. Set a bat-signal style response plan
7. It's all about metrics
- How many people attended cybersecurity awareness training? What was discussed?
- How many people have actually read and accepted the policy?
- How are you categorizing incidents that occur?
- How many endpoint protection alerts are you receiving?
- How many respondents have reported a phishing attempt?
- How many successful phishing attacks have there been?
- How often are your employees proactively engaging with your security team to raise issues, concerns, and collaborate?