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Nine Things Employees Will Learn During User Awareness Training to Protect Companies from Cyber Breaches
1888 PressRelease User awareness training by CipherEx educates employees about best practices for protecting themselves and their workplaces from cyber breaches. ORINDA, Calif. With cyber breaches happening to large corporations dominating the headlines, many small to mediumsize businesses are looking for ways to help protect themselves from falling victim. One of the easiest ways to help protect organizations is user awareness training. Simply put, user awareness training educates employees about best practices for protecting themselves and their workplaces. According to CipherEx's (http://www.CipherEx.com) President and Founder, Siamak Behbahani, "There are nine primary areas that cover the basics of cyber security in the office, which even include the physical security of the office. Most employees are responsible and want to help protect their company; they just need the knowledge to be able to do so." The user awareness course should cover a range of areas in which security practices are addressed. Below are a few of the areas that should be covered with employees: • Security in the Office Keeping the organization's workplace physically secure with proper use of access card keys is a critical component of security training. • Password Security From the building's front door to the smallest handheld device, understanding best practices for password use is vital to a business. • Social Engineering Learning to recognize a scam will keep employees from clicking on fraudulent links or falling for ploys that are designed to steal data. • Securing Data Every company should have a sound backup system for its data in case of system failures or natural disasters. Each employee must know the company's backup rules. • Sharing Info/Social Networks Social networks like Facebook and Twitter make it easy to overshare ...