Experts predict that global businesses will spend a whopping $172 billion on cybersecurity this year (up from $150 billion in 2021). Despite such steep investments in cybersecurity systems, cyber-attacks continue to break new records. This is because most attacks have more to do with faults in human behavior rather than security technology itself.

Human behavior can neither be predicted, programmed, or controlled by technological defenses. Thats why security culture is becoming an increasingly important defense strategy. Security culture can be defined as a combination of beliefs (an internal feeling regarding cybersecurity which usually stems from ones own experiences and external influences), values (what employees consider important from a security perspective), attitudes (how employees perceive security and approach situations that result in a behavior), behaviors (actions that employees can do when they encounter a potential cyber threat) and social pressures (the shared expectations and modeled behaviors that comprise a groups unwritten rules) that are reflected in the daily actions of employees.

Sculpting human behavior is a complex process and even the most security-savvy organizations can find it challenging to sustain a robust security culture over the long term. Some of the roadblocks that organizations encounter while building a security culture include:

Keep in mind that security culture isnt something that can be built overnight. Having said that, sustained investments in security culture will bring better security ROI in the long run and help organizations build a human defense layer that every industry today desperately needs.

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