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How to Build an Effective Security Awareness Program

Trend Micro

By: Trend Micro June 27, 2025 Read time: ( words) Save to Folio Organizations invest in advanced tools to secure their assets, but humans are still the most persistent attack vector. By building a strong security awareness and training program, you can help your employees become your first line of defense against cyberattacks.

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News alert: Living Security report reveals that just 10% of employees drive 73% of cyber risk

The Last Watchdog

Drawing on behavioral data from more than 100 enterprises and hundreds of millions of user events, the study offers a first-of-its-kind, data-driven map of where cyber risk actually lives in the workforce and how leading organizations are shrinking it. The full report is available for download at: [link].

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Why I Refused to Say “People Are the Weakest Link in Cyber”

Jane Frankland

It’s the one that continues to resurface, both in boardrooms and at industry events: “Why are people still the weakest link?” Policies should empower secure behavior, not hinder it. Boards must invest in their own security awareness not to become technical experts, but to be effective stewards. Yes, it was familiar.

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Synthetic Sabotage: How AI Tools Are Fueling Tailored Phishing Campaigns at Scale

SecureWorld News

These tests must be constant, varied, and psychologically realistic; otherwise, security awareness training risks becoming obsolete. And unlike a human attacker, an AI doesn't tire, doesn't make emotional mistakes, and can run thousands of iterations in parallel.

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2025 SecureWorld Theme: Once Upon a Time in Cybersecurity

SecureWorld News

Like the Gingerbread Man, users can be tricked into falling for well-crafted schemes, emphasizing the need for security awareness and training to avoid such traps. Check out our full slate of in-person and virtual events for 2025.

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Artificial Intelligence meets real talk at IRISSCON 2024

BH Consulting

But a hallmark of the event since it was first held in 2009 is visiting speakers who aren’t afraid to challenge popular narratives. That’s why it’s essential to promote security awareness and training on AI-specific threats, said Craig Balding. There was no doubting the one topic on almost everyone’s minds at IRISSCON 2024: AI.

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Managed detection and response in 2024

SecureList

Security incident statistics for 2024 In 2024, the MDR infrastructure received and processed on average 15,000 telemetry events per host every day, generating security alerts as a result. Users are still the weakest link, making Security Awareness training an important focus for corporate information security planning.