SECURITY AWARENESS TRAINING - 2023 INITIATIVE FOR PROTECTING CUSTOMERS!

Smish, smash, phish, flash!?Cyberscams are more intriguing than a poker-faced card game or a brain-crunching round of chess. They keep us all on guard. Their intent sickens us, turning our love of online convenience into disdain: useful technology has become a weapon.?We are spending precious time watching our backs for criminals after our money and personal data.

Most cyberbreach occurs as a result of inadvertent error arising from behavior of internet users who have not taken time to educate themselves on cyber-dangers.?Employees should be trained in cyber-awareness by employers who recognize their responsibility to safeguard the proprietary information that resides within their network.

In rapidly increasing numbers, customers and vendors are asking: “How well-protected are our data when shared with the firms used to manage and transfer our money??And what, on the cusp of a new year 2023, are companies specifically doing to enhance their data and operational integrity? ?How are our vendors ensuring that our business to business relationship never compromises our networks, our data, our reputations?"?

Accounting and Advisory firm CLA explains what the FTC GLBA Safeguards Rule Compliance is: “Under the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA), organizations defined as “financial institutions” must keep customer information secure and confidential. The Safeguards Rule, one of three sections of the GLBA, was updated December 9, 2021. With this update, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) notes that an organization “engaging in an activity that is financial in nature or incidental to such financial activities” is considered a “financial institution” and must comply.” For a list of requirements and affected entities see: https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-16/chapter-I/subchapter-C/part-314

As C-Suite Management teams review the new questions being asked of them by their critical circle, together with industries’ forthcoming cyber-protection rules and legislation like The Safeguards Rule for the Financial Sector, they can be sure that this answer is one every critic will consider worthy:

“We are bolstering Cybersecurity Awareness Training of our entire staff and documenting the positive impact it has on our secured state of operations and cyber-maturity level.”

Do yourselves a favor that will pay off in spades: Include Cybersecurity Awareness Training in the budget to enable your firm to honestly announce “enhanced cybersecurity in 2023”.? Then all eyes looking for such statements will recognize your commitment to protecting their data, and your operations will be safeguarded by vested employees like never before!

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Pamla Davitt, Strategic Alliances

Data-Guard 365 is a MSSP firm headquartered in Chicago, Illinois with offices in Indianapolis, Atlanta, and other strategic locations across the globe. The company is a one-of-a-kind business partner whose people, processes, and technology provide hardened cybersecurity for a price point that pays for itself.

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