Fortinet Research Finds Over 80% of Organizations Experience
Cyberattacks that Target Employees
John Maddison, EVP of Products and CMO at
Fortinet“Our 2023 Security Awareness and Training Global
Research Brief underscores the crucial role employees play in
preventing cyberattacks. It also highlights the critical need for
organizations to prioritize security awareness and training
services to ensure employees serve as the first line of
defense.”
News Summary Fortinet® (NASDAQ: FTNT), the
global cybersecurity leader driving the convergence of networking
and security, today released its 2023 Security Awareness and
Training Global Research Brief, highlighting the importance of
organizations building a cyber-aware workforce to strengthen their
security posture and reduce cyberattacks.
Enabling Employees to Protect their Organization’s Most
Critical Digital AssetsOrganizations are grappling with an
increasingly sophisticated threat landscape. The most recent Global
Threat Landscape Report from Fortinet’s FortiGuard Labs found that
ransomware threats remain at peak levels with no evidence of
slowing down globally. At the same time, Fortinet’s 2023
Cybersecurity Skills Gap Global Report found that 84% of
organizations experienced one or more breaches in 2022.
And now the latest research from Fortinet’s 2023 Security
Awareness and Training Global Research Brief reveals that more than
90% of leaders believe that increased employee cybersecurity
awareness would help decrease the occurrence of cyberattacks. As
organizations face increasing cyber risks, the research highlights
the important role of employees in serving as an organization’s
first line of defense in protecting their organization from
cybercrime. Additional key findings from Fortinet’s research
include:
- Employees are being targeted by cyber
criminals. The research found that 81% of organizations
faced malware, phishing, and password attacks last year which
mainly were targeted at users. This underscores that employees can
be an organization’s weakest point or one of its most powerful
defenses.
- Having an effective training program is key to
instilling good cyber hygiene in employees. Eighty-five
percent of leaders say their organization has a security awareness
and training program, yet more than 50% believe their employees
still lack cybersecurity knowledge. This gap suggests the training
programs in place may not be as effective as they could be,
resulting in inconsistency in how employees apply good cyber
hygiene practices or that training is not reinforced
sufficiently.
- Cybersecurity is increasingly becoming a priority for
the Board of Directors. The report found that 93% of
organizations indicated their board of directors are asking about
the organizations cyber defenses and strategy.
Building a Cyber Aware Workforce with Fortinet’s
Security Awareness and Training Service For organizations
looking to implement cybersecurity awareness training for their
employees or those evaluating the effectiveness of their current
program, Fortinet offers its Security Awareness and Training
service to develop a cyber-aware workforce. Designed by the
Fortinet Training Institute’s world-class trainers, the service
covers a broad range of topics in a practical way and reinforces
learnings with reminders and checks, helping to improve training
outcomes. Organizations deploying the service also have access to a
dashboard and reporting to address cyber insurance and compliance
needs.
The service uniquely leverages FortiGuard Labs threat
intelligence, providing frequently updated training informed by
developments observed across the threat landscape. Additionally,
the service aligns with the National Institute of Standards and
Technology (NIST) guidelines – NIST 800-50 and NIST 800-16 – to
further ensure key topics are covered including, information
security, data privacy, physical security, password protection and
internet security.
Fortinet has also tailored this service for educators and made
it available for free to school districts and systems across the
United States and local education authorities in the United
Kingdom, with plans to continue increasing access globally.
About the Fortinet Cyber Awareness Survey:
- The survey was
conducted among more than 1,800 IT and/or cybersecurity
decision-makers from 29 different locations.
- Survey
respondents came from a range of industries, including technology
(21%), manufacturing (16%), and financial services (13%).
Additional Resources
- Read more about the importance of cyber awareness training for
employees in this blog.
- Learn about Fortinet’s free cybersecurity training, which
includes broad cyber awareness and product training. As part of the
Fortinet Training Advancement Agenda (TAA), the Fortinet Training
Institute also provides training and certification through the
Network Security Expert (NSE) Certification, Academic Partner, and
Education Outreach programs.
- Read about how Fortinet customers are securing their
organizations.
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About Fortinet Fortinet (NASDAQ: FTNT) is
a driving force in the evolution of cybersecurity and the
convergence of networking and security. Our mission is to secure
people, devices, and data everywhere, and today we deliver
cybersecurity everywhere you need it with the largest integrated
portfolio of over 50 enterprise-grade products. Well over half a
million customers trust Fortinet's solutions, which are among the
most deployed, most patented, and most validated in the industry.
The Fortinet Training Institute, one of the largest and broadest
training programs in the industry, is dedicated to making
cybersecurity training and new career opportunities available to
everyone. FortiGuard Labs, Fortinet’s elite threat intelligence and
research organization, develops and utilizes leading-edge machine
learning and AI technologies to provide customers with timely and
consistently top-rated protection and actionable threat
intelligence. Learn more at https://www.fortinet.com, the Fortinet
Blog, and FortiGuard Labs.
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