A Few Tips To Help Reduce Workplace Cyber Risks (and Comply With New Ontario Requirements)

Your employees are probably engaging in risky online behaviour while at work. With a view to helping with your cyber-hygiene and legal compliance, we have set out a few reasons we know this and some tips to address it.

We routinely see cyber incidents, big and small, arise from employee behaviour. Sometimes, they are intentional acts of a rogue employee. Often, employees are not being careful enough or are not well trained. Studies confirm that even up to 82% of breaches involved a human element, such as social attacks, errors and misuse; and 43% of employees engage in risky online behaviour to circumvent authentication requirements.

There are many well known and published to-do lists which suggest a holistic approach to managing cyber risk in the workplace. For example, the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security has guidance on how to protect your organization from insider threats. The guidance includes: