{"id":295,"date":"2023-04-15T21:43:07","date_gmt":"2023-04-15T21:43:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/carterallgeier\/?page_id=295"},"modified":"2023-04-15T22:11:17","modified_gmt":"2023-04-15T22:11:17","slug":"the-human-factor-training-vs-technology","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/carterallgeier\/it-cyse-200t-2\/the-human-factor-training-vs-technology\/","title":{"rendered":"The Human Factor: Training vs Technology"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Carter Allgeier 4\/15\/2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Introduction<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the ever-growing world of technology and cybersecurity there are always going to be risks and threats you can\u2019t avoid, even if a company tries to, it&#8217;s not cost-effective.&nbsp; With how companies and their employees are so intertwined with technology and digital data, the best defenses are good cybersecurity systems, policies, and trained employees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Technology<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><\/strong>Companies are run on technology, most companies even ones considered brick and mortar must have a technology system or database, no matter how small. Technology determines the functionality and the security of a company but at a cost, advanced systems for encryption and data protection are a must to protect privacy and data loss.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Training<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><\/strong>Thorough and complete training gives more power and trust to the employees within a company. It allows the employees to handle problems that otherwise would be offloaded to IT or Cybersecurity.&nbsp; The more trust in the employees and training given to employees the less needed to spend on physical security and advanced authentication and verification systems. Improved trust within a company can be profitable up to 186% more than companies with less trust (Ladikia, S). An increase in training reduces chances and likeness for social engineering attacks through employees (Alexandar, M).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Conclusion<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In my opinion, training is more valuable than the most advanced security systems and is a better value for a company overall. Social engineering is one of the most effective ways to infiltrate a company, (Alexandar, M). Also, increased training and trust lead to better productivity and less workplace deviance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Ladika, S. (2021, October 6). <em>Trust has never been more important<\/em>. ASIS Homepage. Retrieved April 2, 2023, from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.asisonline.org\/security-management-magazine\/latest-news\/online-exclusives\/2021\/trust-has-never-been-more-important\/\">https:\/\/www.asisonline.org\/security-management-magazine\/latest-news\/online-exclusives\/2021\/trust-has-never-been-more-important\/<\/a>Alexandar, M. (2016, May 3). <em>Methods for Understanding and Reducing Social Engineering Attacks<\/em>. Sans. Retrieved April 2, 2023, from https:\/\/sansorg.egnyte.com\/dl\/ICNsgzn5Hp<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Carter Allgeier 4\/15\/2023 Introduction In the ever-growing world of technology and cybersecurity there are always going to be risks and threats you can\u2019t avoid, even if a company tries to, it&#8217;s not cost-effective.&nbsp; With how companies and their employees are so intertwined with technology and digital data, the best defenses are good cybersecurity systems, policies, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/carterallgeier\/it-cyse-200t-2\/the-human-factor-training-vs-technology\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Human Factor: Training vs Technology<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26158,"featured_media":0,"parent":133,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/carterallgeier\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/295"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/carterallgeier\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/carterallgeier\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/carterallgeier\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26158"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/carterallgeier\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=295"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/carterallgeier\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/295\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":305,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/carterallgeier\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/295\/revisions\/305"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/carterallgeier\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/133"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/carterallgeier\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}