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Your #1 Asset, People, is also your Weakest Link in Cyber Security

Cyber Security is ultimately about "risk" associated with the digital substrate upon which Global Economy is based.  In countering these risks, we depend not only on technology-based defenses, but also on the people that power our organizations.  Despite our technical prowess, the "human element" is actually our weakest link in securing our organizations.  Whether its in how we manage our technical infrastructure or how our people leverage that infrastructure as they go about their daily jobs, people are the double-edged sword when it comes to securing the enterprise...

Security is only as strong as its weakest link. But while technology can shore up most things on the security front, it can’t do much about the person sitting in front of a keyboard. Phishing, sharing of passwords, poor patch management, double-clicking on unsafe URLs and organizational access through a personal device are just a few human errors that lead to a security threat.

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