Thursday, March 4, 2010

Security awareness for Large and Small Organisation

Prevention is better than cure, We know it, We have seen it happen and We know people need to be educated about it. Security Awareness is a very important in every organization, a small mistake by an employee can lead to big disasters for a company. We usually see posters about not sharing password with others, not to give out any company information to strangers, etc. In short we need to educate people, The People can make you or break you.

We know Information security awareness and training is critical to any organization’s information security strategy and operations. People are in many cases the last line of defense against threats such as malicious code, disgruntled employees, and malicious third parties. Microsoft is offering security awareness toolkit to help organizations plan, develop, and deliver a successful security awareness program. The kit includes a planning guide, templates, pointers to material can that can help speed the development of a security awareness program, a sample general security awareness presentation that can be modified and tailored to any organization, material to help articulate the value to peers and managers, and three example awareness campaigns from Microsoft Information Security.

Now you can plan and execute an excellent Security Awareness Program, For Sure :)
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