Modern hackers frequently use highly-tailored and sophisticated phishing emails to appear as authentic communications and fool their intended victims into clicking on a malicious link or downloading a compromised attachment. They often fall into the role of the “weak link” in the chain of network defense due to their lack of knowledge and training or care. All of this means that employees, as end users, directly affect network security.

Some employees are, unfortunately, still a bit too ignorant about safe online practices and the threats that are poised to attack, whereas others choose to not take cyber threats seriously at all. The reality is that employees are both the biggest threat to businesses as well as one of their best defenses. Did you know that most cybersecurity and data breaches occur because of people than a lack of technology? While it is important to do everything we can to improve the security of our technology, if we ignore the human weaknesses of IT security, we’re leaving a gaping hole in our defense for attackers to exploit.

What is human firewall