Cybersecurity from the breakroom to the boardroom

Introduction‍

Employees can be a business’s greatest cybersecurity asset or its biggest vulnerability. As modern businesses place greater emphasis on technical cybersecurity defences and controls, cyber attackers are increasingly focusing on the ‘human factor’ by targeting employees. It’s often said that a business is only as secure as its least informed employee. No matter how much a business has invested in cybersecurity, the unfortunate truth is that it can all be undone in seconds by a single employee who lacks a basic understanding of cybersecurity. This is why building a “security aware culture” within an organisation is not just a high return on investment, but a cybersecurity necessity.‍

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What Is a Security-Aware Culture?

In essence, a security-aware culture is an organisational environment where everyone—from the C-suite to the frontline employees—understands the significance of cybersecurity and actively participates in improving it. Before we dive into how to create such a culture, let’s look at its defining elements.

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