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For true cybersecurity you must know what employees are doing

User behavior analytics (UBA) , Phishing , phishing attacks , malware , ransomware , employee , cannabis , Enterprise , Data Breach

Michelle Drolet

A look at some options for keeping tabs on your staff and the possible pros and cons. Securing your data in the digital age is very challenging, but it has never been more necessary. We just looked at the hair-raising cost of a data breach in 2018 and we know that employees are often the weakest link. In fact, over 90% of all cyber-attacks are successfully executed with information stolen from employees, according to the Identity Management Institute. The majority of these employees arefalse

When It Comes to Cyber Security, The Weakest Link is Still Employees

Training , employee , cannabis , Enterprise , Gap Assessment

Michelle Drolet

We need to make sure the highly regulated world of cannabis business knows how to protect its data, customer and otherwise, yet also control access to it without too much hassle. As an insurgent breed, hackers are savvy and will seek out the path of least resistance. When your defenses are good, the weak link is often your employees. Data breaches are most likely to be the result of employee error or an inside job, says the ACC Foundation: State of Cybersecurity Report. Of course you want tofalse