Untrained Staff as Greatest Cyber Risk

This is compounded by staff training ranking as one of the weakest progress categories measured against the NIST cybersecurity framework. Contributor Anthony Dagostino, Global Head of cyber risk – Willis Towers Watson.

The majority of executives (87 percent) around the world cite untrained staff as the greatest cyber risk to their business according to a new report from “The Cybersecurity Imperative” – a global thought leadership program produced by independent researcher, ESI ThoughtLab in conjunction with Willis Towers Watson and other organizations specialized in cybersecurity and risk management. Compounding this finding is the fact that staff training is ranked among the categories to have made the least progress when measured against the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) cybersecurity framework.

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