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Lack of employee training causes security programme failures
SANS 2017 Security Awareness has revealed the lack of time dedicated to employee training and the lack of communication skills as the key reasons organisations’ cybersecurity awareness programmes fail to meet their objectives.0 3154
SANS and Women in Cyber Security Middle East join forces at WiCSME2020 virtual conference
SANS Institute have partnered together to promote the importance of a diverse security team at its first edition of annual WiCSME2020 conference on 14th and 15th November.
Getting the best value out of security assessments
Deciding which security assessment to perform depends a lot on an organisation’s security maturity level, and the best results will be achieved by performing them exactly in the order listed – let’s see why.
SANS identifies increase in attacker interest in Remote Desktop Protocol
SANS Institute has identified a 30 percent increase in attacker interest in Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) servers during the month of March 2020.
SANS helps parents protect children online
SANS Security Awareness, a division of the SANS Institute, is providing a free “Secure Your Kids Online” resource kit to help parents and guardians protect their kids online.
SANS offers free kit to secure home workers
SANS Security Awareness, a division of the SANS Institute, has created the “Securely Working from Home” Deployment Kit.
Organisations still lack trained staff to utilise cyber threat intelligence: report
Nearly 50% of organisations have a dedicated cyber threat intelligence team, but 57% cited a lack of trained staff or skills to fully utilise CTI.
Cloud technologies drive cybersecurity spending: study
The rapid migration to cloud-based technologies is the biggest disrupter worldwide of operations and a key driver when organisations plan their spending increases, according to the results of the latest SANS 2020 Cybersecurity Spending Survey.
Threat hunters’ role within organisations often unclear: study
ThreatQuotient has announced the results of the SANS Threat Hunting 2019 study. The most important result is the worldwide confusion about the role and tasks of a threat hunter.
Time and staffing among major roadblocks in security awareness programmes
Lack of time and staff rather than budget are the most common factors holding back security awareness programmes in companies, a recent SANS report highlighted.