All news with #human risk management tag

🔒 Organizations face persistent cybersecurity staffing and budget gaps, with ISACA finding 65% of firms report unfilled positions. Hiring timelines remain long—38% say entry-level roles take three to six months to fill and 39% report similar delays for non-entry roles—while half of organizations struggle to retain talent. Only 56% believe their board prioritizes cybersecurity, and 53% view budgets as underfunded. ISACA urges faster investment in holistically trained, hands-on cyber workforces to keep pace with evolving threats.

🛡️ Coherence is framed as the operational backbone for insider-risk programs, stressing shared meaning and alignment rather than surveillance alone. The author argues most insider incidents stem from two vectors — malicious intent and human error — both amplified by semantic drift. Building coherence requires aligning messaging across HR, communications, legal, and security, training for narrative fidelity, equipping line managers with rituals and lexicons, and creating feedback channels that surface drift before behavioral anomalies.

🔒 A YouGov survey commissioned by Initiative Sicher Handeln finds many younger internet users — the so-called Digital Natives — struggle to spot common phishing signals. Nearly half of Gen Z (49%) do not recognise unsolicited attachments as suspicious, and fewer notice impersonal salutations, spelling errors, or bogus urgency. The online poll (Sept 8–10, 2025; 2,044 German adults) prompts the Stop, Question, Protect appeal.

🔍Teamwork, problem-solving and analytical thinking now outrank core technical skills in entry-level cybersecurity hiring, according to an ISC2 study of 929 hiring managers across the US, UK, Canada, Germany, India and Japan. The report finds AI is reshaping priorities: managers favour human strengths that AI can't duplicate while routine monitoring is increasingly automated. Experts warn that overreliance on certifications and broken entry pipelines exclude capable candidates, prompting vendors and employers to broaden recruitment through apprenticeships, neurodiverse hiring and outreach to career changers.

🔒 The ICO analyzed 215 insider personal data breach reports from the UK education sector between January 2022 and August 2024 and found students were responsible for 57% of incidents. Around 30% of breaches involved stolen login credentials, with students accounting for 97% of those attacks by guessing weak passwords or using credentials found on paper. The report highlights cases where pupils used freely available tools to break into school systems and access or alter thousands of records. The ICO urges parents, schools and the wider industry to channel curiosity into legitimate cyber careers and strengthen basic protections.

🔐 The role of the CISO is shifting from technical expert to manager of people and systems, making a human-centered approach essential to reduce the most significant cyber risks. Rather than repeating awareness campaigns, CISOs should design practical, scenario-based training, align security with corporate values, and foster a supportive security culture. Technology and policy must enable good behavior, while deliberate, minimal friction creates effective learning moments. A mature Human Risk Management program uses assessment, segmentation, targeted interventions and continuous feedback to deliver measurable risk reductions.

⚠️ Money mules are individuals whose bank accounts are used to move or withdraw stolen funds, often without their knowledge. Scammers recruit mules through fake job offers, in-person pleas, or off-the-books work, promising small payments for receiving or forwarding transfers. Legal consequences can be severe — fines, prosecution, and imprisonment — even if you were unaware. Protect yourself by refusing unsolicited transfers, keeping bank details private, and insisting on formal contracts for any employment.

👩‍💻 Female cybersecurity leaders report improving representation and influence, with 55% of women in managerial or higher roles even though women comprise just 22% of the cybersecurity workforce, according to a recent ISC2 report. Executives including Carol Lee Hobson and Cindi Carter note more women stepping into CISO and board-level positions and a stronger talent pipeline from STEM programs. However, salary gaps persist (median US pay: men $150,000; women $140,000), and many still face limited mentorship and subtle bias. Leaders emphasize mentoring, sponsorship, and networking groups as essential to sustaining progress.

🔐 In this Cybersecurity Podcast episode, ESET Principal Threat Intelligence Researcher Robert Lipovsky outlines the practical skills and personality traits useful for newcomers to the field. He addresses common questions about coding ability, college degrees, and whether formal qualifications are required. Lipovsky emphasizes curiosity, persistence, and a willingness to learn alongside foundational technical skills. The discussion frames these recommendations within an evolving threat landscape and ESET’s broader career guidance.