In any organisation, your people are your most valuable asset, but they can also be your greatest security vulnerability. Technical safeguards like firewalls and antivirus software are essential, but they can't stop a well-meaning employee from clicking a malicious link or unintentionally exposing sensitive data. This is where security awareness training becomes critical. It's not just about ticking a compliance box; it's about transforming your entire team into a proactive and vigilant line of defence that safeguards your daily operations.
Schools need better tools, but every new platform, vendor, device, or portal adds something to manage. A grading tool, facilities upgrade, payment system, or classroom app may solve one problem while creating another. The goal is not to avoid modernization. It is to modernize with a clear view of data, access, and vendor risk.
Attackers are getting smarter. AI is making social engineering more convincing, more personalized, and harder to spot than ever before. Training the digital workforce, employees and agents, to recognize threats is necessary, but even the most security-conscious users can still make a mistake at the moment of risk. Workforce risk is a behavior change problem, and effective behavior change requires knowledge, pressure-tested application and real-time reinforcement all working together.
When high-stakes attackers target you, they aren't playing the cards — they’re playing the player. For National Social Engineering Day, Erich Kron reveals modern social engineering's biggest tell.
For years, cybersecurity has faced a persistent talent shortage. Yet the real challenge for many organizations isn't simply finding more people; it's having the specialized capabilities needed to investigate and respond to today's increasingly sophisticated threats.
I've spent my career figuring out what makes content stick, from early work for brands like Apple and onward across two decades across film, animation and generative AI. Different tools every few years, same question underneath. What makes someone lean in instead of tuning out? Turns out that question sits at the center of a problem the security industry has wrestled with for 15 years. How do you build a culture where people actually change how they behave? Not comply. Not click "complete." Change.
As a business owner, you'll know just how important protecting your company is. It could be the target of more than a few potential hackers and other criminals trying to get at your data, steal your inventory, and much more. It can be one of the more unfortunate parts of running a company. But, that doesn't mean it has to be one of the more overwhelming. Quite a few business security tips could have a noticeable impact, especially when you want to do more than just installing some alarms, CCTV cameras, and locks. It's just a matter of knowing what you're doing.
Look at almost any security resume and you will find a wall of product badges. A cloud provider's associate cert, a SIEM vendor's operator credential, an EDR platform's specialist track, maybe a firewall qualification or two. Every vendor runs a certification program, every tool ships a badge, and collecting them is a reasonable way to prove you can do the job in front of you.