Building a culture of security

by Andrea DiGiacomo, CUES Skybox

We all hear about cyber security a lot. It’s constantly in the news; one company after another becomes victim to an attack, recently some of the biggest names in business included—Under Armour’s MyFitnessPal app, Panera Bread, Boeing and the City of Atlanta. If these companies are susceptible, how are the rest of us supposed to ensure we are secure? To me, one of the big ways we can protect ourselves is to build a culture of security within our organizations.

What does this mean?

Building a culture of security starts with finding a way to communicate security and the existing threats between the IT and executive teams, and the rest of the employees. This can pose a big challenge. To many people, technology and cybersecurity are intimidating. People are afraid of and uncomfortable branching into things that are unknown or new to them.

1. Get staff buy-in.
One of the easiest ways to simplify that communication is to put yourself in your employees’ shoes and answer the following questions:

 

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