Every Employee is Part of Your Security
Employees are an essential component of an organization’s security defenses, according to Nico Popp, Chief Product Officer at Forcepoint. On the CyberWire’s Hacking Humans podcast, Popp explained that humans generally want to do the right thing and can help prevent cyberattacks that can’t be stopped by technical safeguards. Popp pointed to the way financial institutions have their customers verify potentially suspicious transactions as an example of this. “I always use the example of credit card companies,” he said. “They have been brilliant. You know, they have huge fraud issues. And what have they done? They basically involve us in the process of solving, right? They don’t always block your credit …
