People have the potential to be an organisation’s best defence against cyber threats and fraud. This is especially true as companies continue to embrace work-from-home models and hybrid office and remote working structures. With perimeter security lines blurred, more people being left to their own devices, and most cyber threats leveraging the human factor, building a cyber secure culture should be at the heart of effective cyber risk management.

“Many cyber criminals target individuals through malware and phishing scams, putting employees on the frontline of the fight against cyber crime. It is evident in the scourge of cyber crime since March that work-from-home models have made companies, their people and their data vulnerable. However, suppose cyber security is a culture within your organisation. In that case, it does not matter whether your employees are at the office, at home or a bit of both,” says Charl Ueckermann, who has recently been appointed to Group CEO at AVeS Cyber International.

Inculcating a cyber secure culture has its roots in training staff on the dos and the don’ts around their use of technology and data resources. Yet, many companies are…

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