{"id":1504,"date":"2017-06-09T00:05:12","date_gmt":"2017-06-08T16:05:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/microdium.net\/public\/2017\/06\/09\/bci-uk-corporate-confidence-in-cyber-protection-contrasts-with-lack-of-employee-awareness-of-the-threats\/"},"modified":"2017-06-09T00:05:12","modified_gmt":"2017-06-08T16:05:12","slug":"bci-uk-corporate-confidence-in-cyber-protection-contrasts-with-lack-of-employee-awareness-of-the-threats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microdium.com\/public\/2017\/06\/09\/bci-uk-corporate-confidence-in-cyber-protection-contrasts-with-lack-of-employee-awareness-of-the-threats\/","title":{"rendered":"BCI: UK corporate confidence in cyber protection contrasts with lack of employee awareness of the threats"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Two-thirds of UK businesses believe their organization to be highly protected from attempts by outsiders to gain access to their systems and data, and a\u00a0similar proportion maintain they have the right processes in place to adequately react to privacy and security threats.<\/p>\n

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The\u00a0Willis Towers Watson<\/a> Cyber Pulse Survey also found that the disparity between corporate feelings of preparedness and the increasing number of cyber security incidents could be a result of lack of responsibility or accountability among employees, the human element of the cyber equation. UK employees ranked \u2018insufficient understanding\u2019 (61%) as the biggest barrier to their organization effectively managing its cyber risk. Nearly half (46%) spent 30 minutes or less on cyber security training in 2016, and over a quarter (27%) received none at all.<\/p>\n

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More concerning for employers is the discovery that, of the employees who did complete cyber training, nearly two-thirds (62%) admitted they \u201conly completed the training because it was required\u201d, and nearly half (44%) believe that opening any email on their work computer is safe. This\u00a0suggests that the employees may not be engaged or feel the personal accountability necessary to drive long-term, sustainable behaviours.<\/p>\n

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Anthony Dagostino, Head of Global Cyber Risk, Willis Towers Watson, said: \u201cAs the world has seen with the proliferation of phishing scams, most recently highlighted by the global WannaCry ransomware attack, the opening of just one suspicious email containing a harmful link or attachment can lead to a company-wide event. However there appears to be a disconnect between executive priorities around data protection and the need to invest in a cyber-savvy workforce through training, incentives and talent management strategies.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The survey also detailed additional barriers that companies feel impact their cyber preparedness and the degree to which corporations are providing cyber training to their employers. Nearly a third (30%) of employees surveyed have logged into their work-designated computer or mobile device over an unsecured public network (such as public Wi-Fi). Only 1 in 4 (40%) of the employers surveyed felt that they had made progress addressing cyber security factors tied to human error and behaviours in the last three years<\/p>\n

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It is issues such as these that were raised in the Business Continuity Institute’s<\/a> cyber security report<\/a>, published during Business Continuity Awareness Week, and highlighted several areas in which users can leave their organizations vulnerable to a cyber attack.<\/p>\n

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\u201cHackers are exploiting the fact that while corporations are building walls of technology around their organizations and their networks, by far the biggest threat to corporate digital security and privacy continues to come from the employees within, often completely by accident,\u201d said Dagostino. \u201cA truly holistic cyber risk management strategy requires at its core a cyber-savvy workforce, however organizations first have to know where the vulnerabilities are in order to plug the gaps. Many organizations are facing talent deficiencies and skills shortages in their IT departments, which in turn are creating significant loopholes in their overall security measures.\u201d<\/p>\n

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