The human resources (HR) function is undergoing a major transformation when it comes to cybersecurity. For many organizations, HR’s role is expanding from simply overseeing workplace policy to serving as a pivotal player in defending against data breaches, privacy violations and cyberattacks.
With remote work becoming commonplace and employees representing the biggest security risk for companies today, both HR and information technology (IT) hold responsibility for mitigating insider threats. Yet they have traditionally operated in siloes instead of strategic alignment.
That old way of separating duties for managing people versus technology is proving inadequate in the face of modern cyber risk. As the first and last line of contact with employees, HR possesses unrivaled influence for instilling security-first practices across the workforce.
Meanwhile, IT owns technical defenses like firewalls and access controls. Even if these systems and processes offer some protection to the HR platform, organizational risks remain without accompanying policies and culture to govern employee platform usage. As such, it’s time these functions join forces to establish unified protection…
