2017 State Of Privacy And Security Awareness Report

The third annual 2017 sans security awareness report is here.

2017 state of privacy and security awareness report. Our 2017 report found that 70 of employees fell into the same categories ranked as either a risk or novice based on their survey scores. Learn what the average employee knows and doesn t know about cybersecurity and data privacy best practices. The numbers below represent the percentage of respondents who chose incorrect or risky behaviors when answering questions in each of the eight threat vectors compared to the general population surveyed in our 2017 state of. Exclusive tips for both awareness program managers and employees from the security awareness experts at mediapro.

The security awareness model and benchmarking your program. Wombat s 2018 state of the phish report found that nearly 75 percent of organizations experienced phishing attacks in 2017 with nearly half of surveyed information security professionals added. 2020 state of privacy and security awareness. Building a culture of security and privacy awareness isn t easy but it s no longer possible to ignore given the slew of security and privacy concerns across multiple industries said tom.

This report enables security awareness professionals to make data driven decision to improve their programs. We tested survey takers knowledge across eight different security and privacy risk areas including identifying phishing attempts safe social media. In this report we analyze the data submitted by security awareness professionals from across the globe to identify and benchmark how organizations are managing their human cyber security risk. We surveyed more than 1 000 employees and members of the general public over a one month period to gather a baseline of security and privacy awareness across a slice of the general population.

The awareness to stop preventable cyber incidents. For 50 years and counting isaca has been helping information systems governance control risk security audit assurance and business and cybersecurity professionals and enterprises succeed. An improvement to be sure but also indicative of the additional work that still needs to be done to improve overall. We dig in and discuss.

Our community of professionals is committed to lifetime learning career progression and sharing expertise for the benefit of individuals and organizations around the globe. Potential security or privacy incidents including unsecured personnel files and potentially malware infected computers. Why it matters no matter the company size or industry sector cybercrime and threats to sensitive data can impact anyone.