Beyond the Breach: Securing IT Through Employee Awareness

The following excerpt appears with permission from The Imaging Channel

By Andreas Krebs, Konica Minolta/All Covered

Not even the most expensive security system can help you if you can’t “patch” your business’s greatest cybersecurity vulnerability: your staff. Research paints a sobering picture: according to a study by the Identity Management Institute, more than 90 percent of cyber attacks are only possible through information stolen from employees.

“Organizations still fail to protect their most valuable assets from hackers because they focus too much on network security while ignoring the employee identity theft and access exploitation risk,” explains Henry Bagdasarian, founder of Identity Management Institute.

Disturbingly Small Fraction

Despite the urgency of the situation, a disturbingly small fraction of businesses take action to minimize a perceived lack of cybersecurity training on their employees’ part. Companies may be loath to allocate the right amount of resources, believing that spending on training fails to provide a significant return on investment.