Many organizations are dusting off their crisis management documents this week. Many a contingency plan will see its first-ever run. As the C-19 is spreading fast around the world, more and more employees are forced to work from home offices. Are you prepared? Now that you no longer can observe and adjust course based on what people are doing in their offices – how do you quickly identify those weak spots of risky behaviors?
Your users are human, and they come with both good and bad behaviors. Some behaviors are intentional, and some are not. Some behaviors are the ones you want, while others are putting your organization at risk.
Every organization has a security culture, the combination of attitudes towards, and adherence to norms and policies that drives behaviors. In normal situations, most people behave mostly good, and variations in culture may not be critical. In times of crisis however, small variations can make all the difference. The question you need to ask is this: Do you know where your organizations weak spots are?
KnowBe4 customers are better suited at dealing with the new risks because they can measure their organizations security culture. By measuring security culture, they are able to identify where in their teams and departments they have a weak culture, one that needs attention. The last thing you want during a crisis are employees who work against your security efforts. Instead, you want to identify them early on and give them appropriate attention and training.
KnowBe4 customers can also identify those teams and departments of a stronger security culture. These are the people who are better suited at protecting and reducing the risk. When they have been identified, these employees can be turned into cultural carriers of strong security culture. By actively leveraging them, you can build a stronger, more resilient and a more secure organization that is more likely to survive a global crisis.
Times of crisis is the best time to test your employees. If you don’t, the criminals will.
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