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User Awareness Training Helps Educate Employees to Protect Companies against Cyber Breaches
1888 Press Release The threats seem to be around every virtual corner and companies are trying to find methods to defend against them. One simple way is widespread and effective user awareness education of every individual in a company, which can help businesses of any size reduce the risk of a cyber breach. ORINDA, Calif. As recent headlines have shown, just one incident involving breached data or the spread of a destructive virus can weaken the underpinnings of a strong business in the blink of an eye. The threats seem to be around every virtual corner and companies are trying to find methods to defend against them. One simple way is widespread and effective user awareness education of every individual in a company, which can help businesses of any size reduce the risk of a cyber breach. "User awareness training is an excellent way to educate employees and help protect organizations from cyber threats," explained CipherEx's (www.CipherEx.com) President and Founder, Siamak Behbahani. "The program should be designed so that it is easy for people to comprehend and retain the information." When implementing a program, be sure that it covers key areas such as security in the office, password security, social engineering, securing data, sharing info/social networks, internet file sharing services, mobile data storage devices, data destruction and phishing/spear phishing. Such security training courses should cover a range of areas in which security practices are addressed in a format that is easy for users to understand. For enduser training to be effective, the people going through the program must understand and retain the information. Information in user awareness training should ideally be delivered in short sessions. In addition, the material must be easy to digest and learn without losing the user's interest. Short, individual video ...