Human Risk Management - the modern approach to cyber security training

Your organisation could be compromised by just one well-crafted, well-researched phishing email landing in an employee’s inbox. Today’s modern approach to cyber security training can help prevent the most common attacks.

Common attacks such as phishing have evolved rapidly in recent years – especially with the growth of AI – and organisations have been slow to implement effective measures to combat the growing risks. This has led to more breaches, costly financial impacts and damaging data loss.

In fact, Verizon’s 2024 Data Breaches Report reported that the ‘human element’ plays a role in 68% of cyber security breaches. This highlights the need for more training and awareness around cyber threats.

Enter Human Risk Management (HRM), the modern approach to user-centric security. HRM can help you reduce human error by empowering employees to combat evolving cyber threats.

Key takeaways:

• 68% of breaches involve a non-malicious human element
• Median time for users to fall for phishing emails is less than 60 seconds
• Ongoing employee cyber awareness training is needed to combat this
• Human Risk Management (HRM) is the modern approach to user-focused security training.

There has been a huge increase in user-directed attacks in recent years, with sophisticated attacks such as phishing and Business Email Compromise (BEC) rising sharply.

As cyber risks continue to evolve, we understand the need to balance day-to-day operations with the need to keep employees up to date with the latest threats. That’s why our comprehensive solution is designed to help your business measure, reduce and monitor human cyber risk – without hindering employee productivity or draining internal time or money.

With our managed Human Risk Management (HRM) service, you’re able to:

• Prevent user-related breaches, fines and financial losses caused by human error
• Strengthen data loss prevention by boosting human resilience to targeted attacks
• Demonstrate compliance standards with key frameworks like ISO 27001.

Human Risk Management (HRM) combines the key elements needed to build a security-savvy culture against evolving cyber threats. It does this by combining:

Regular user-tailored security awareness training that educates staff through bite-sized videos

Periodic phishing simulations that assess ongoing human vulnerability against a range of trending attacks

Ongoing dark web monitoring that identifies exposed user credentials on the dark web, allowing you to prevent attacks before they happen

Simplified policy management processes that track employee signature approvals and automate reminders.

To help businesses in Birmingham and the West Midlands area improve their cyber security, we’re offering the opportunity to calculate your human cyber risk with a free Human Risk Report (HRR).

Through a few steps, we’ll calculate the human risk score of your business and provide you with a clear action plan for strengthening at-risk areas. You can download an example Human Risk Report here.

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Transform employees into your first line of defence. Calculate, reduce and monitor human cyber risk with the new-class of user-focused security.