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Tips for Gamifying Your Cybersecurity Awareness Training Program

Security Affairs

In today’s technological world, educating people about cybersecurity awareness is an absolute necessity. These errors are not always entirely preventable, as some level of human error is inevitable, but proper training in cybersecurity awareness can greatly decrease the likelihood of human mistakes leading to data breaches.

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10 Tips for Security Awareness Training That Hits the Target

Dark Reading

Try these tricks for devising an education program that gets employees invested — and stays with them after the training is over.

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Educating Educators: Microsoft's Tips for Security Awareness Training

Dark Reading

Microsoft's director of security education and awareness shares his approach to helping train employees in defensive practices.

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GUEST ESSAY: 7 tips for protecting investor data when it comes to alternative asset trading

The Last Watchdog

Here are seven tips to protect investor data in alternative asset trading. Conduct employee training and awareness programs. Investing in comprehensive employee training and awareness programs is essential for a security-conscious environment. Conduct regular penetration testing.

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Security Training: Moving on from Nick Burns Through Better Communication

eSecurity Planet

Twenty years ago, Saturday Night Live nailed a tendency in IT to be overly absorbed in tech-speak and to do a poor job of educating users. A recent experience highlighted that security awareness training and most alerts to users about unsafe practices may be making the error of being too general. That’s a good start.

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How to Prevent Malware Attacks: 8 Tips for 2023

IT Governance

In this blog, we explain everything you need to know about it, including our top 8 tips for preventing malware attacks. IT Governance Podcast 2023-7: Capita, ChatGPT and TikTok (yet again) 5th April 2023 How to Prevent Malware Attacks: 8 Tips for 2023 5th April 2023 List of Data Breaches and Cyber Attacks in March 2023 – 41.9

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NCSC warns of a surge in ransomware attacks on education institutions

Security Affairs

National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has issued an alert about a surge in ransomware attacks targeting education institutions. National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), has issued an alert about a surge in ransomware attacks against education institutions. SecurityAffairs – hacking, education institutions). Pierluigi Paganini.

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