In 2017, data breaches reached a near all-time high—over 2.5 billion (82 records every second!), according to a recent report.
Those breaches often have devastating effects; 60 percent of small to midsize businesses close within six months of a breach. On average, 71 percent of security breaches target small businesses.
Companies often expect software and technology to be the end-all-be-all for protection against having their data compromised. However, too many fail to address the primary cause of data breaches—human error. That’s right, people’s mistakes cause 95 percent of security breaches.
Employee Training Is a Must for Protecting Your Business
To make sure your employees are better aware and informed, it’s critical to arm them with knowledge about things like:
- How to spot a phishing scam and suspicious emails
- How to create strong passwords
- Physically protecting mobile devices (laptops, phones, tablets, and other devices)
- Potential Wi-Fi dangers
- Information they should never send via email
This short list is just for starters; there are other concerns you need to address, as well.
Where to Get Cyber Security Training for Your Employees
Many companies delay getting their employees the online security training they need because they think it will either require a lot of time or money.
But that’s not the case with Laser Lab.
For a limited time, we are offering free security training to make it easy and cost-free to get your employees up to speed.
Simply register and receive:
- Engaging training videos for every employee
- Exams at the end of training videos to test what your employees have learned
- Employee training certificates for successful completion of the program
- One free simulated phishing scam that you can implement to assess your employees’ readiness to identify a cybersecurity risk.
- Access to an online portal to track training progress and view reports
We do all of the work to set up you and your employees for the training and tools.
Sign up today to get the peace of mind that everyone in your company knows how to recognize and avert threats to your data’s security.