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5. User Awareness and Accountability

The only way a cybersecurity strategy can be a success, is when
organizations keep the focus on basic security hygiene. It does not
matter how well you configure your security controls; this will be moot
until you have trained the users on how to use them. A single click on a
malicious URL can give control to the attacker to open the backdoor and
penetrate corporate defense.

Security is as strong as the weakest link and humans are that weakest
link in the system making a favorable target for cybercriminals. To keep
secure, organizations must implement cybersecurity policies and train
the users on how to use and make user accountable and responsible for
corporate security. Formal security training, mandatory InfoSec training,
timely educating users via mailers, security advisories, webinars, etc.
helps to protect users and your enterprise from cyber-attacks.

While, there is no foolproof way of warding off cyberattacks, with the
proliferation of everything digital bolstered by the adoption of the
secular enterprise multi-cloud ecosystem , the first step begins with
proactively recognizing the need. Additionally, there needs to be a
strategic approach, and not a piecemeal one. The above tips should
help in building a strong cyberattack defense eco-system that protects
any data and database on any compute and fosters the notion of
normalized experience across the multi-cloud ecosystem.

About the Author

Harjott Atrii, Executive Vice-President and Global Head, Digital
Foundation Services, Zensar. He has twenty three years of
experience in IT services industry, with successful track record of
selling complex application outsourcing (AO) and infrastructure
management outsourcing services across industry segments viz.
Financial Services & Telecom; generating high value sales in USA,
UK, Ireland and Middle East region.

Harjott can be reached online at
https://www.linkedin.com/in/harjottatrii/ and
at our company website zensar.com

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