Cybersecurity training is imperative for every employee of an organization, including C-suite executives. With the near saturation of Business Email Compromise (BEC) scams, threat actors are also targeting executive level accounts, in part because of their privileged access and sensitive communications. Thus, it’s important for executives to receive specialized role-based awareness training. To begin, executives should understand the financial risk associated with not maintaining an adequate cyber defense posture. Its also important for senior leadership to lead by example. By implementing cybersecurity best practices in their day-to-day tasks, executives can foster an enhanced cybersecurity culture at their organization to help reduce overall cyber risk. In addition, executives should undergo at least yearly cybersecurity training that explains threat actors TTPs, such as social engineering tactics. Finally, executives should encourage all employees to not use personal devices for work purposes. Read more at DarkReading.
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