Building an Effective Human Firewall
Cyber attacks aren’t just getting more frequent, they are also becoming significantly more vicious and sophisticated. One reason for this is because Cybercrime is easy to do…anyone can find the tools on the dark web and easily start their own cybercrime business. Now, more than ever, is time to take stock of your countermeasures with a focus on your staff as the likeliest entry point for cybercrime attacks.
Cyber criminals count on the fact that busy people perform hundreds, if not thousands, of daily actions on a computer or device connected to the internet and they know that most of those actions are performed automatically and without much thought. As a result, the majority of today’s data breaches result from human error, making cybersecurity a “people problem” as well as a technology issue.
The solution to this people problem goes beyond IT and involves cultivating an entirely new employee mindset around cybersecurity. Our recommendation is to create an expectation of 100% participation…it only takes one person to click on one link to bring the system down.
When fully engaged, these three steps creates a formidable human firewall capable of spotting and preventing even the most sophisticated cybercrime attempts and offers a significant step towards mitigating the human error that is behind 95% of the cyber breaches occurring today.