Recently a study has been done on password reuse threats and it was discovered that password reuse is a big security threat to companies worldwide since 64% of people continue to use passwords that have been exposed in a breach.
As we are spending a large amount of our time online, working from our own systems, we also end up sharing our personal data over the internet since we are becoming more reliant on it for our daily services.
It has become extremely important to protect our sensitive data from cybersecurity threats.
Poor password hygiene by end-users can put your organization at great security risk, and also make your company’s sensitive data vulnerable to cyber-attack.
To prevent cybersecurity attacks the company should start a defense mechanism that starts with educating employees. The security awareness program should include phishing and social engineering, access, passwords, connection, device security, physical security, etc.
Cybersecurity awareness training will help employees to become more aware, and knowledgeable against the latest cybersecurity threats targeting end-users.
There are various ways to protect your system but these 5 security practices are indispensable to prevent cybersecurity threats and to train your employees.
1. Don’t leave information unprotected
The company should encourage employees to lock their systems when they are not around. Leaving your screen unlocked could increase the risk of someone viewing or accessing important data.
2. Enforce password policy compliance
It should be mandatory for employees to comply with the password policy rules of the organization. The organizations should enforce length and complexity and also make sure that the password should be blocking over 3 billion known breached passwords.
3. Utilize MFA whenever possible
The implementation of multifactor authentication (MFA) should be mandatory for end-users logging into work apps by the organization, and also changing, and resetting their passwords from time to time.
4. Use a password manager
Password manager is not only recommended to the end-user but to utilize shared vault features to prevent insecure password sharing among other employees.
5. Data Privacy and Storage Policies
Encouraging employees for data storage best practices, as well as implementing a zero-trust framework in your organization, ensures none of your end-users are unknowing putting your data at risk.