How can you keep your employees safe online?

Social media and social networking have been in our lives for many years, and you’ve probably been using them for longer than you think. Social media platforms have evolved lightyears from their primitive forms in the earliest days of the internet when people would post messages on bulletin boards. Today, social media blurs the boundaries between our once distinct personal and professional personas. From sharing our views on the world to celebrating professional achievements and even interacting with brands as a consumer, the way we present ourselves online has rapidly become the marker of who we are in the real world.

Cyber security is the number one threat to businesses and criminals are nothing if not innovators. In the first half of 2020, for example, cyber attackers were sending 1.5 million malicious emails per day related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Investing in firewalls and encryption software is only part of the solution. It must be paired with staff training to have even a remote chance of being effective. Human error still causes most cyber breaches, and no amount of expensive software or outsourced IT security specialists can be a substitute for effective ongoing training.

Cyber security training is most effective when delivered in short, micro-learning modules and users retain the information best when it is relevant to their individual circumstances and level of expertise. Just as we may not need to teach IT professionals about password protection, HR staff don’t need to know the technical specifications of the business’ firewall.

VinciWorks has created a full suite of cyber security courses. We recommend integrating the training into a year-long cyber security training plan. The advanced plan is most relevant for those who have not taken in-depth cyber security training before and lack basic knowledge and understanding of cyber security risks and how to mitigate them. The standard plan is relevant for all other staff.

We suggest two cyber awareness training plans. These training plans are examples; our team can work with you to help create the training plan that works best for your organisation.

Cyber security training plan

Cyber training is most effective when delivered in short, micro-learning modules and users retain the information best when it is relevant to their individual circumstances and level of expertise. We may not need to teach IT professionals about password protection, just as the average staff member doesn’t need to know the technical specifications of the business’ firewall.

Cyber Security: Journey to Safety is the latest addition to our comprehensive cyber awareness training suite. The training takes course building and personalisation to the next level. Using our new builder, you can dynamically configure the training to cover topics relevant to your organisation. The builder can be used multiple times to create different courses for different job roles, or micro-courses for a cyber awareness drip campaign. All of this configuration happens instantaneously, with live previews of the results.

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A quick news search will reveal how prevalent and widespread conflicts of interest in the workplace are, affecting every industry and not sparing any corner of the globe. Sometimes, conflicts may be minor and prove to be innocuous, but often, conflicts pose a serious threat that could seriously undermine an organisation’s reputation and future, and even have legal implications. VinciWorks has released a short knowledge check as part of its new course “Conflicts of Interest in the Workplace” to help organizations test their staff’s knowledge of conflicts of interest in the workplace, including how to spot conflicts of interest and helping staff understand the influence of their actions. Knowledge checks include a review of terms and concepts as well as scenario questions to help employees understand which course of action to take in different situations. We recommend knowledge checks be used alongside the new full-length Conflicts of Interest in the Workplace compliance course.