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Security Awareness – Everybody’s Business
The rise in people’s dependency on computers has increased the chances of IT security breaches. However, according to the “Committing to Security: A CompTIA Analysis of IT Security and the Workforce” survey, about 63% of security problems are caused by human error, not technology. Thus, the only way to counter security threats and breaches is by providing security training to end users.
Whether you use your computer at home or at work, your privacy and the security of your data will always be in danger. Therefore, to protect both, you need to be well aware of the most common IT security problems and how you can neutralize them.
The following four points are benefits you will gain by learning about IT security:
- Prevention from Expensive Security Incidents: Most security breaches occur because end users are not well aware of the basics of security. By knowing how to prevent threats, you will be able to reduce the costs that security incidents cause.
- Less Chances of Downtime: Downtime which occurs due to security breaches can halt business operations and prevent clients, employees, and others using the system from accessing important data. As a result, revenue and productivity are reduced.
- Protection Against Malware: When you know how to secure your computer, you will be able to protect it from malicious software that can steal your data or corrupt your files.
- Additional Privacy: Your data will remain private to the world; thus, you will have added protection from issues like identity theft.
To help you take advantage of the abovementioned benefits, Ashford Global IT (AGIT) presents Security Awareness, a security training course that will help you identify security threats as well as counteract them. This one-day course will teach you the following:
1. The reasons for learning about IT security
2. The definition of social engineering and how to protect yourself from it
3. When to apply the practices that help thwart attempted social engineering threats
4. IT security concepts and practices that are necessary for you while using computers, local networks, and the Internet
5. How to protect and secure your files and folders, back up your data, share files, encrypt files, and get rid of unnecessary information
6. How to identify risks that can affect your information in cyberspace
7. Common security incidents, how to respond to them, and how to prevent them in the future
AGIT’s Security Awareness class will be lead by an expert instructor who will make sure that the lecture and activities in the course are group-paced. Ashford Global IT welcomes all to take part in its Security Awareness course; thus, there are no prerequisites. However, you should be aware of basic computer concepts like running software and using the Internet.
In order to protect your system and data, the first step is learning how to secure them. So, come to Ashford Global IT and enroll in its Security Awareness course to ward off security threats or counteract them if they manage to occur.
