In 2016, 42% of user clicks on malicious URLs came from mobile devices.
Mobile security presents one of the biggest risks IT organizations have faced in the past ten years. It’s a trend that is driving control out of the hands of IT and directly into the hands of far less security-competent people.
Use of smartphones, notebooks, tablets, and other employee-owned mobile devices for work purposes mean proprietary information can now be stored almost anywhere. This includes the employees’ personal cloud backup services, where it often gets uploaded automatically on a daily basis.
But mobile devices are just the start as we think about digital interconnectivity in the workplace. As technology continues to advance faster than most can keep up with, this only creates more security hazards to stay on top of.
We must all advocate for operating new technology safely and securely as employees continue to use their mobile devices for work, risking unexpected and unauthorized sharing of company information.
Security Awareness of Tomorrow
In a world of emerging technologies, security awareness training programs must be able to adapt, too. To recognize Week 3 of National Cyber Security Awareness Month Today’s Predictions for Tomorrow’s Internet, we’ve built a toolkit filled with advice on forward-thinking security awareness strategies to apply to your changing digital workplace and resources for sharing with your employees to ensure they use tomorrow’s technology safely and securely. Our Security Awareness for Tomorrow’s Employee toolkit includes:
- MediaPro’s Internet of Things and Public Wi-Fi animations
- STC’s tip sheet on safely using mobile devices
- STC’s poster on using public Wi-Fi
- MediaPro’s on-demand webinar: Effective Security Awareness Training for Millennials
- MediaPro’s Microlearning: 4 Signposts to Guide Your Corporate Learning Strategy white paper
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Coordinated and led by the National Cyber Security Alliance and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, NCSAM has grown exponentially since its inception, reaching consumers, small- and medium-sized businesses, corporations, educational institutions and young people across the nation and internationally.
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