Encouraging employees to be aware of typical cyber threats can help your company's computer security. Security awareness training helps employees understand threats and vulnerabilities to the business. Employees must understand their duties and accountability when using computers on a corporate network.

New employees Cyber security training and regularly scheduled refresher training courses must be instituted to help instill the security of data security in your company's culture. Training for employees training includes; however it should not be only.

Corporate Data: Responsibility

Always emphasize the importance of data security and the obligation of every employee to secure the company's data. You and employees are both bound by legal and ethical obligations to protect and safeguard the privacy of data and its integrity and confidentiality.

The Management of Documents and Notification Methods

Employees should be trained on the procedures for reporting incidents involving data if an employee's computer is infected with viruses or is operating beyond its regular operation (e.g., unanswerable errors speed, slow running or changing the desktop configuration, etc.). They must be taught to detect a legitimate warning or an alert. In such instances, employees must immediately inform you about the incident so that the IT personnel can become notified to reduce and analyze the risk.

Passwords

Inform your employees about how to choose secure passwords. Passwords should be encrypted so they can't be easily deciphered; however, they should also be easy to remember, so they don't have to be written. Your company's systems should be configured to send regular reminders for employees to change their passwords automatically.

Unauthorized Software

Inform your employees that they're not permitted to install software that is not licensed on any computer in the company. Software downloads that are not licensed could leave your company vulnerable to malware-laden software downloads, harming and damaging your company's information.

Internet Use

Ensure your employees know emails or online hyperlinks that look suspicious or come from unidentified sources. These links could release harmful software, corrupt computers, and even steal data from companies. The company should also establish secure browsing guidelines and limit employees' Internet use in the workplace.

Email

Responsible use of email is the best way of stopping data theft. Employees should be aware of fraud and avoid responding to emails they do not recognize. Inform your employees about emails that are:

• It is a reference to someone they know.
• This is from someone they've received mail from before that.
• It's not what they had in mind.
• It's not a problem with odd characters or spellings.
• Passes your anti-virus program test.

Social Engineering and Phishing

Your employees should be taught to recognize common cybercrime and security threats, such as the use of social engineering, online scams, fraud, and the dangers of web browsing.

Social Media Policy

Inform your employees about social media, and inform them of, at a minimum, your company policy and guidelines on how to use a company email address to sign up for, share or post to social media.

Mobile Devices

Inform your employees about the policy on mobile devices to employees of your company for corporate-owned and personal devices used in the course of their work.

Protecting Computer Resources

Make sure your employees know how to protect their personal computers from theft of their computers by locking them or placing them in a safe place. The most critical information needs to be regularly backed up and backup copies stored in a secure place. Everyone in your company is accountable for registering current security software updates for viruses on corporate PCs.