Employee Education and Training
"Companies spend millions of dollars on firewalls, encryption and secure access devices, and it's money wasted, because none of these measures address the weakest link in the security chain." [people] – Kevin Mitnick Convicted in the USA for hacking major corporations, and now a world recognized security advisor.
4½ out of 5 data breaches are caused by employee or process error. Educating employees on the 'why' rather than just showing more training on what to do has proven to offer better results and improve the awareness of your employees regarding security and privacy. The Truvincio Solution educates your employees to "think right", not just "act right." While technology is important and needed to security and privacy, without addressing the human element properly but it is the human element that remains the weak point.
With 90% of all data losses occurring due to employee error/behavior; The Truvincio Solution's education program is vital to your business. No matter what the size of your business, it is important that every employee is made aware of their responsibilities, why it matters to them, and the very real consequences if an error is made (90% of all errors can be traced to employee actions and behavior). As a business owner you may have great awareness for threats on your business, but can you say the same for your employees?
"If you think technology [alone] can solve your security problems, then you don't understand the problems and you don't understand the technology." – Bruce Schneier
The Truvincio Solution focuses on the WHY and gives your employees the ability to learn how to identify weaknesses in the company as well as educate them on how to operate securely. With over 90% of data breaches and loss coming from employee error, this is a severely under addressed area.
By teaching employees why security & privacy is important to them will help them become educated and trained to identify, resolve and mitigate risks in your business. By having a standard that all employees adhere too, they will become your eyes and ears to make the business more secure and as a result, efficiency will increase as well as profitability. Educating your employees to handle and identify security threats will radically reduce the threat of employee error in your business.
"Companies spend millions of dollars on firewalls, encryption and secure access devices, and it's money wasted, because none of these measures address the weakest link in the security chain." [people] - Kevin Mitnick Convicted in the USA for hacking major corporations, and now a world recognized security advisor.
$188,000
average cost of a small business data breach in the US
197 days
time it takes companies to identify a data breach