EDITOR ’ S QUESTION
RAMSÉS GALLEGO , INTERNATIONAL CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER ,
CYBERRES , A MICRO FOCUS LINE OF BUSINESS
Businesses must ensure they are educating their employees on best practice cybersecurity hygiene , beginning with how to create strong passwords and the importance of using different ones for different applications and services . soon . What ’ s more , boosting password security – and cyber-resiliency more widely – cannot be achieved by technology alone .
Businesses must ensure they are educating their employees on best practice cybersecurity hygiene , beginning with how to create strong passwords and the importance of using different ones for different applications and services .
Not only that , they must also make sure workforces understand the various tactics used by hackers to target unsuspecting users , from phishing to fake websites .
As digital-first approaches and distributed workforces become the status quo for many industries , raising awareness around the importance of password security has arguably never been more important .
And with recent NCSC research finding that people are using passwords which are an easy target for hackers , it ’ s clear more needs to be done by businesses to provide the technology and training to ensure better cyber-resiliency across the board .
It is imperative that we secure systems and infrastructure to ensure that the right people have the right access to the right assets at the right time . No more , no less .
Importantly , we now live in an era where we do not need passwords alone – or sometimes at all – to enable trusted access . Multi-Factor Authentication is a useful tool , using more personal attributes such as biometric data in someone ’ s voice , or devices , such as a code sent to an individual ’ s watch , to replace or augment passwords .
Yet despite these advances , there is no doubt that , for now , passwords aren ’ t going anywhere anytime
Crucially , increasing awareness among staff on how they could potentially be putting their organisation ’ s
data at risk is key , especially as workforces continue to access systems remotely during and after the pandemic .
With recent NCSC research finding that people are using passwords which are an easy target for hackers , it ’ s clear more needs to be done by businesses to provide the technology and training to ensure better cyberresiliency across the board .
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