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Modern cyberthreats are understandably terrifying to consider… enough so that it may seem best to lock down your network to the point where someone would need an authentication code to open every window.

Here’s the problem: If you make your security framework so restrictive that your employees feel like they are being micromanaged by an algorithm, two things happen. First, their productivity plummets. Second, they will actively look for ways to bypass your security just to do their jobs.

If your employees aren’t prepared to protect your business against cyberthreats, you have one of the biggest possible vulnerabilities to deal with. There are so many ways that any one of your team members could compromise your business through the simplest of mistakes. I don’t mean to scare you by sharing this; I just want to make clear how critical it is for everyone in your organization to take ownership of cybersecurity.

This will require ongoing training on an organizational level. What follows are the topics that this training absolutely must cover.

When it comes to onboarding, every business owner knows that the first days, weeks, and months are the most critical. They set the standard for what the employee can expect during their tenure with your business. But more than that, employers today have security standards to worry about, as well as indoctrinating new hires into what is hopefully a security-first company culture.