Cybersecure Policy Prioritizes People

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Analysts predict that as many as nine of every 10 data breaches this year will involve some form of human error.

Oct 29, 2024

Cybersecurity

Analysts predict that as many as nine of every 10 data breaches this year will involve some form of human error.

Recent studies also reveal:

In some organizations, less than 10% of employees generate 80% of all security incidents.
Social engineering scams target management 2.5 times more often than other staff.
Cybercrooks increasingly target small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) because those firms collectively employ more than 60 million people, nearly half the nation’s workforce, representing nearly half of all U.S. economic activity.

That’s why 20 years ago CISA, the federal agency charged with cyber defense, designated every October Cybersecurity Awareness Month to bolster vigilance across the population “at home and abroad.”

But while crucial to deflecting cyberattacks, awareness alone is not enough to mitigate the tremendous risk cybercrime poses. A single data breach can cost a business millions of dollars, perhaps bankrupting an SMB enterprise.

The latest security technology alone is not enough, either. Cybersecurity technology requires good systems grounded in sound policy and disciplined practices, which is why risk managers across industries recommend business leaders prioritize human behavior when designing cybersecurity infrastructure.

As a premier managed services provider (MSP) we believe secure IT requires a computing culture of monitoring and maintenance that expects people, not programming, to make the critical difference.

How? We have protocols and checklists to share. Call us for a consultation.