Paid Cybersecurity Courses: Why They Are Not The Solution For Security Awareness
CybeReady, Thursday, March 21st, 2024
When it comes to your cybersecurity strategy, humans will always be your weakest link-and your greatest asset. Educating employees in security awareness is integral to protecting your organization from internal and external cyber threats, and leaders are beginning to recognize the gravity and importance of this fact.
Cybersecurity courses were once treated like an inconvenient tick-box exercise. However, in recent years, new statistics have illuminated the strengths and weaknesses of the human firewall.
68% of organizations have suffered a cyber attack in the last 12 months, and 88% of data breaches are caused by human error. According to Gartner, by 2025, human failure and knowledge gaps will be responsible for over half of significant cyber incidents, showing that your last line of defense really is the person behind the screen.