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5 Tips to Promote CyberSecurity Awareness in Your Organizationby@neha-malhotra
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5 Tips to Promote CyberSecurity Awareness in Your Organization

by Neha MalhotraOctober 8th, 2019
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Cybersecurity is one of the major concerns for businesses operating in the digital world. Businesses are majorly dealing with issues like cybercrimes and need to boost cybersecurity. IT experts can conduct a session on computer security software to make a user aware of cyber threats and the protective measures to deal with them. The best way to keep the team informed is to keep them informed about cybersecurity threats, issues, and other updates on the company website. An internal audit can help in such a situation to minimize risk.
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Two things that matter most in any business are quality and security,
especially when it comes to the digital world. In the hi-tech
environment, everything is fascinating - from innovating to introducing
new technologies and tools.

In recent years, technology has evolved rapidly, and so have the
cybercrimes. Today, businesses are majorly dealing with issues like
cybercrime. Therefore it becomes necessary to boost cybersecurity. To
make this possible, you need to educate your employees about
cybercrimes and why cybersecurity is vital.

Let’s explore ways to educate your team about cybersecurity.

Internal Training

Your IT team can organize awareness programs for your staff with the help
of presentations and demos about cybersecurity and how they can
prevent threats in the long run. These threats include spam in email
inboxes. Visiting unauthorized web pages and using suspected online
tools, etc. can also be risky.

Ensure that your IT team prepares this session in such a way that it makes
it easier to understand. Also, it must be a knowledge sharing session
related to cybersecurity that includes information about your
organization’s control and regulations.

Introduce Computer Security Software Resources

If you want to educate your team about the technical aspects of cyber
security, a good way to start is by introducing computer security
software. The IT experts can conduct a session on computer security
software to make a user aware of cyber threats and the protective
measures to deal with them. It will help employees to follow the
guidelines and implement protective measures to maintain cyber
security at the workplace.

This session about software security tools will also be helpful in
conveying information about the latest security threats affecting
businesses across the world. It will be a good learning experience
for the employees to know about the latest scams and data security
threats. And how such scams and threats are increasing crimes around
the world.

External Training

External training is also a good option to educate employees about cyber
security. Businesses approach the organizations that specialize in
providing training in cybersecurity. Needless to say, it is quite
important for the businesses to consider cybersecurity as it is one
of the major concerns for businesses operating in the digital
environment. They prefer experts for training purposes to protect
their operations that might be at risk due to a lack of awareness.

These experts will provide a strong base of knowledge that can help you protect the data stored in your computer systems.

Internal Audit

Just attending a training session is not enough when your business is at
stake due to a lack of security or required technical expertise
within your in-house teams. Regular internal audit can help in such a
situation to minimize risk. It not only helps the IT teams to educate
the employees about security and privacy risks, but is also helpful
in evaluating if the employees are consistently following policies,
procedures, and controls.

Audit committee, management, and IT teams make a combined strategy that focuses on minimizing risks and building organizational credibility
and reliability.

In the end, a major responsibility of the audit committee is to ensure
regular communication with employees regarding cybersecurity issues,
threats, and cybersecurity guidelines.

Stay Informed

The best way to keep the team informed about cybersecurity threats,
issues, and other updates is to reach out to them through regular
news and blog updates on the company website. Also, you can launch a
company newsletter that includes every aspect of cybersecurity
regulations, risks prevention, feedback, and queries, etc.

Additionally, you can attend webinars or events based on cybersecurity.

Final Words

So these are some of the best ways to educate your employees about cyber threats and cybersecurity as cybercrimes continue to dominate
business arena. In the end, your strategies, ideas, and planning will help you to introduce better ways to keep your team informed and maintain
organizational resilience. If you have any query or feedback related to cybersecurity, feel free, to connect. The suggestions and feedback would
be appreciated!