Security Awareness For Dummies
Make security a priority on your team 

Every organization needs a strong security program. One recent study estimated that a hacker attack occurs somewhere every 37 seconds. Since security programs are only as effective as a team’s willingness to follow their rules and protocols, it’s increasingly necessary to have not just a widely accessible gold standard of security, but also a practical plan for rolling it out and getting others on board with following it. Security Awareness For Dummies gives you the blueprint for implementing this sort of holistic and hyper-secure program in your organization. 

Written by one of the world’s most influential security professionals—and an Information Systems Security Association Hall of Famer—this pragmatic and easy-to-follow book provides a framework for creating new and highly effective awareness programs from scratch, as well as steps to take to improve on existing ones. It also covers how to measure and evaluate the success of your program and highlight its value to management.  

  • Customize and create your own program 
  • Make employees aware of the importance of security 
  • Develop metrics for success 
  • Follow industry-specific sample programs 

Cyberattacks aren’t going away anytime soon: get this smart, friendly guide on how to get a workgroup on board with their role in security and save your organization big money in the long run.  

 

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Security Awareness For Dummies
Make security a priority on your team 

Every organization needs a strong security program. One recent study estimated that a hacker attack occurs somewhere every 37 seconds. Since security programs are only as effective as a team’s willingness to follow their rules and protocols, it’s increasingly necessary to have not just a widely accessible gold standard of security, but also a practical plan for rolling it out and getting others on board with following it. Security Awareness For Dummies gives you the blueprint for implementing this sort of holistic and hyper-secure program in your organization. 

Written by one of the world’s most influential security professionals—and an Information Systems Security Association Hall of Famer—this pragmatic and easy-to-follow book provides a framework for creating new and highly effective awareness programs from scratch, as well as steps to take to improve on existing ones. It also covers how to measure and evaluate the success of your program and highlight its value to management.  

  • Customize and create your own program 
  • Make employees aware of the importance of security 
  • Develop metrics for success 
  • Follow industry-specific sample programs 

Cyberattacks aren’t going away anytime soon: get this smart, friendly guide on how to get a workgroup on board with their role in security and save your organization big money in the long run.  

 

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Security Awareness For Dummies

Security Awareness For Dummies

by Ira Winkler
Security Awareness For Dummies

Security Awareness For Dummies

by Ira Winkler

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Overview

Make security a priority on your team 

Every organization needs a strong security program. One recent study estimated that a hacker attack occurs somewhere every 37 seconds. Since security programs are only as effective as a team’s willingness to follow their rules and protocols, it’s increasingly necessary to have not just a widely accessible gold standard of security, but also a practical plan for rolling it out and getting others on board with following it. Security Awareness For Dummies gives you the blueprint for implementing this sort of holistic and hyper-secure program in your organization. 

Written by one of the world’s most influential security professionals—and an Information Systems Security Association Hall of Famer—this pragmatic and easy-to-follow book provides a framework for creating new and highly effective awareness programs from scratch, as well as steps to take to improve on existing ones. It also covers how to measure and evaluate the success of your program and highlight its value to management.  

  • Customize and create your own program 
  • Make employees aware of the importance of security 
  • Develop metrics for success 
  • Follow industry-specific sample programs 

Cyberattacks aren’t going away anytime soon: get this smart, friendly guide on how to get a workgroup on board with their role in security and save your organization big money in the long run.  

 


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781119720942
Publisher: Wiley
Publication date: 03/28/2022
Sold by: JOHN WILEY & SONS
Format: eBook
Pages: 288
File size: 2 MB

About the Author

Ira Winkler, president of Secure Mentem, is considered one of the world's most influential security professionals. He has gained media notoriety for performing espionage simulations, where he physically and technically "broke into" some of the largest companies in the world and investigating crimes against them, and telling them how to cost effectively protect their information and computer infrastructure. He continues to perform these espionage simulations, as well as assisting organizations in developing cost effective security programs. Ira also won the Hall of Fame award from the Information Systems Security Association, as well as several other prestigious industry awards. Most recently, CSO Magazine named Ira a CSO Compass Award winner as The Awareness Crusader. Ira is also a columnist for Dark Reading and ComputerWorld, and writes for several other industry publications. Mr. Winkler has been a keynote speaker at almost every major information security related event, on six continents, and has keynoted events in many diverse industries.

Tristan Morris is an AudioFile Earphones Award-winning audiobook narrator who originally hails from Seattle, Washington. He currently lives in New York City with his wife and daughter. He studied theater and philosophy at Pacific Lutheran University and proceeded to earn his MFA in acting from the New School for Drama in Manhattan. Tristan is a proud member of SAG-AFTRA and Actors' Equity.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1

Part 1: Getting to Know Security Awareness 5

Chapter 1: Knowing How Security Awareness Programs Work 7

Chapter 2: Starting On the Right Foot: Avoiding What Doesn’t Work 19

Chapter 3: Applying the Science Behind Human Behavior and Risk Management 33

Part 2: Building a Security Awareness Program 51

Chapter 4: Creating a Security Awareness Strategy 53

Chapter 5: Determining Culture and Business Drivers 61

Chapter 6: Choosing What to Tell The Users 75

Chapter 7: Choosing the Best Tools for the Job 89

Chapter 8: Measuring Performance 107

Part 3: Putting Your Security Awareness Program Into Action 119

Chapter 9: Assembling Your Security Awareness Program 121

Chapter 10: Running Your Security Awareness Program 143

Chapter 11: Implementing Gamification 165

Chapter 12: Running Phishing Simulation Campaigns 181

Part 4: The Part of Tens 207

Chapter 13: Ten Ways to Win Support for Your Awareness Program 209

Chapter 14: Ten Ways to Make Friends and Influence People 215

Chapter 15: Ten Fundamental Awareness Topics 221

Chapter 16: Ten Helpful Security Awareness Resources 227

Appendix: Sample Questionnaire 233

Index 253

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