How to Measure Behavior: Your Key to a Robust Security Culture

There is no way of denying it: Information security is one of the most pressing challenges organizations face these days. Not only have cyberattacks become more common – they are also more sophisticated than ever, as many criminals have understood the power of social engineering – making their attacks tricky to detect and even trickier to avert.

 As such, the social engineering tactics used by attackers to emotionally manipulate their victims are strongly connected to human behavioral patterns. And so must the respective security measures designed to protect organizations from these attacks. The dynamic changes in the threat landscape have urged many security professionals to rethink their protection strategies and move from mere technical measures toward a more holistic, human-centered approach to cyber security. As part of this paradigm shift, behavioral change has become a key term – if not the key term – that organizations now focus on to build a strong security culture. A culture engaging employees to reflect on their behavior and build secure routines gives cybercriminals less of a chance to do harm.