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Symantec: We're not smarter than cybercriminals

  • September 25, 2017
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He is stating the obvious, but he is right, the workers should be an extra layer of protection.

 
25th September, 2017  By Michael Moore
 


 
One of the UK’s leading security experts has called for a major shake-up in the way businesses train their employees in online safety.
 
Symantec CTO Darren Thomson said that workers can effectively be an extra layer of protection for companies looking to prevent themselves falling victim to cyber-attack.
 Speaking at the Symantec Crystal Ball event in London this week, Thomson highlighted how even unskilled or non-expert workers can play a critical role in keeping their employer safe -- and become part of the "secret sauce" of cybersecurity.
 
"We're at a point in history now where we're more reliant on non-experts making good IT decisions than we've ever been," he said.
 
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  • September 25, 2017
A worker that is unskilled in cyber security can cause damage to its company by downloading malicious files or exploits to its company computers. Training is important.