The research by Fortinet reveals that more than 90% of the cybersecurity experts agree that the surging frequency of cyberattacks can be reduced if organizations focus on increasing their employees’ cybersecurity awareness.
The report emphasizes the critical role of employees in serving as an organization’s first line of defense in defending their firm from cybercrime as it becomes more common for businesses to confront cyber threat incidents.
Lack of Cybersecurity Awareness Among Employees
The report further revealed that among all the organizations surveyed, 81% of them confirmed to have experienced at least one cyber incident, be it malware, phishing or password breach over the course of last year. Most of the attacks were primarily targeted at organization’s employees, who apparently has access to the firm’s systems. This emphasizes how a company’s employees could either be its weakest link or one of its strongest defenses.
Nearly 85% of the organization leaders claims that their organization has adequate security awareness and training program provided to its employees. However, 50% believed that their employees, regardless of the training programs still lack a proper cybersecuri
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