Common Mistakes in Delivering Cybersecurity Awareness
Joshua Crumbaugh · Advances in information security, privacy, and ethics book series · 2019
Human error is the cause of over 95% of data breaches and the weakest aspect of cybersecurity in nearly all organizations. These errors guarantee that hackers can easily gain access to almost any network in the world and take complete control of systems, data, and more. This chapter outlines the top mistakes organizations make in security awareness and why most companies are failing to properly prepare their users for cyber-attacks. Each point is accompanied by actionable data derived from real-world training program successes and failures.