Beyond awareness training
Building a sustainable security culture - and why it matters


Hybrid work combined with cloud adoption has complicated cybersecurity for organizations with a dispersed workforce. The greatest threats to a company’s IT system are users clicking on malicious links or sharing credentials outside the corporation.
Security solutions can only do so much to protect a business.
This whitepaper shares tips that will help you build a security-aware culture that improves your organization’s posture.
The tips include:
- Accepting that people are targeted the most in cyber attacks.
- Involving senior leadership in building stakeholder support.
- Getting manager buy-in for individual departments, so staff know what data to protect.
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