Importance of Information Security Awareness for Organizations

INFORMATION SECURITY AWARENESS
Information security awareness
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INFORMATION SECURITY AWARENESS
Summary
The paper focuses on the importance of information security awareness. The
vulnerabilities associated with the projects needs to be identified in the first place and the
awareness should be identified using all the stakeholders of the project. Understanding the
human elements is one of the key aspects which are utilized by the criminals. The concept of
right and wrong about any aspect of the project should be understood in a broader way. The
decision making regarding a project needs to be accurately done by the management squad of
the project (Peltier). Non-technical tasks should be given very much importance considering
the information security awareness. The biggest challenge of information security awareness
program is associated with the management team as they take care of the financial issues of
the projects.
The stakeholders of the project are subjected to major test so that their performance is
identified and analysed. The purpose of the analysis is also helpful to understand whether the
project is undergoing as it was proposed in proposals. The inter personal relationships is very
important for overcoming the political obstacles which are included in the awareness plan.
The success rate of the information security awareness program can be measured with the
help of the data sets (Peltier). There are different factors which have a direct negative impact
on the security awareness plan such as the lack of metrics, lack of consistency, lack of follow
through, lack of enforcement and policy. The success rate of individual clients can also be
identified with the help of the user awareness sessions as thus help in focussing on one client.
The market conditions keep on changing according to business conditions so long training
cycles are not adequate for this security awareness plan.
The skills required to mitigate any kinds of challenges related to the plan is not
dependent on specific factors, frequent training sessions are highly recommended so that