Human-centric IT security: why it matters
Getting security right is becoming increasingly difficult for CIOs. Besides dealing with ever-changing technologies, they also have to keep an eye on an increasing number of threats from ‘bad actors’. This is why human-centric IT security is so important. It means IT security is not focused only around the technology, but is also concentrating on how people interact with technology. This roundtable looks at how it can protect an organisation.
08 August 2018
What’s wrong with the traditional way of dealing with IT security? What do we have to change?
Sufia George, acting head of cyber security consulting, Absa: The problem I have is that people build security as if it were a module. I prefer to see it as a fundamental way of thinking. Security should no longer be solely the responsibility of the IT department. Every single person is responsible for security in an organisation.
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