The main aim of the concept in the discussion is to enhance awareness to everyone and inform that they can be a victim of the threats and risk any time. Information security consciousness responds to developing cyber-attacks. Most of the time, people assume that security it's all about technical controls (Ki-Aries & Faily, 2017). But the fact is that people are the targets and the character they possess can cause risk or offer countermeasures in response to threats and risks. Awareness metrics are increasing at a high rate to know and amount people threat landscape. The increase also aims at reducing risks associated with organizations and weigh the effectiveness and expense of awareness as the countermeasure.
Most of the organizations don't invest a lot in information security. Few organizations pay attention to security issues. They tend to assume all is well so long as they have a password in their systems. However, this not trust because if an attack occurs, such kind of organization is likely to suffer a lot. Security is an essential plan any organization can adopt to minimize security threats resulting from workers. Awareness plan assists associates to understand that security it's not personal responsibility but everyone's' responsibility. Everyone should be careful when it comes to security because nobody can choose to be a victim, but they only find themselves (Ki-Aries & Faily, 2017). Employees should be accountable for the actions done under their empathies. Security awareness enforces effective means of how business computers can be handled.
A policy developed should give awareness about social media and other types of virus. Workers should be aware of necessary to be followed when using computers. Alternatively, Companies can plan to form interactive sessions for every worker to get to understand more about their security. Such kind of interactive sessions entails consciousness about new risks and measure to overcome them. The program of awareness won't be gainful if no punishment for those who violate rules. Employees who don't adhere to the program should be reported for necessary action to be taken. This will prevent such kind activities from occurring from time to time.
References:
Öğütçü, G., Testik, Ö., & Chouseinoglou, O. (2016). Analysis of personal information security behaviour and awareness. Computers & Security, 56, 83-93. Doi: 10.1016/j.cose.2015.10.002