Organizations must invest in technology to strengthen their defenses, but not overlook the importance of educating employees and IT staff on the threat landscape. End users often lack familiarity with the techniques that cyber criminals use, writes Paul McCormack. Employees must gain a clear understanding of safe habits and know how to recognize suspicious activity, McCormack says. IT employees must receive advanced training to better equip them to respond to the range of evolving threat landscape and approaches to security. An effective employee education program helps facilitate that companies facilitate that.”]
Source: https://www.govinfosecurity.com/blogs/security-people-problem-too-p-1781