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Adam Bannister is a contributor to IFSEC Global, having been in the role of Editor from 2014 through to November 2019. Adam also had stints as a journalist at cybersecurity publication, The Daily Swig, and as Managing Editor at Dynamis Online Media Group.
One in four data breaches are attributable to human error, according to the Ponemon Institute.
With employees so often the weakest link in an organisation’s cyber-defences, cybersecurity training for staff of all paygrades is as important as investment in the latest security software.
Also vital are regular reviews of policies and procedures in relation to a threat that evolves rapidly and can be tremendously costly both in financial and reputational terms.
In the video below, we examine how training organisations specialising in cybersecurity are using the dynamics of game-playing to make their courses more interesting and therefore effective.
WATCH: The gamification of cybersecurity trainingOne in four data breaches are attributable to human error, according to the Ponemon Institute. We examine how training organisations specialising in cybersecurity are using the dynamics of game-playing to make their courses more interesting and therefore effective.
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