Training Secures Success

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Achieving the right equilibrium between prioritizing employee training and investing in cybersecurity technology is of utmost importance to successfully tool to avoid potential risks by cyberattacks. However, training will ultimately lead to organizational success.

Maintaining a balance between investing in employee training and acquiring additional cybersecurity technology is crucial for effective risk management in the age of cyberattacks. At the same time, training sessions can help ensure that all employees are on the same page regarding best practices for data security, creating a secure and a strong security culture within the organization. This ensures that the technology is compatible and integrated well with the existing systems to prevent any further vulnerabilities.

Consistent Training Required 

Prioritizing employee training can lead to better risk management outcomes, as employees will have the necessary knowledge and skills to identify and respond to potential cyber-attacks. For instance, consistent training and ongoing professional development can also foster employee engagement in all aspects of cybersecurity and retention in the workplace at the same time. On top of that, a “ research suggests that human error is involved in more than 90% of security breaches,” (Mimecast). Meaning, having employees with extensive training can minimize the need for outsourcing security tasks to reduce the risk of breaches or other security lapses. Therefore, properly trained employees will be able to recognize potential cyber threats and take proactive measures to mitigate them.

Benefits From Development Programs

Furthermore, consistent training and ongoing professional development can also foster employee engagement and retention, contributing to a positive workplace culture and overall organizational success. According to Maryville University, “training and development programs provide a host of benefits. They enhance employee performance, boost employee productivity, reduce employee turnover, and improve company culture.” This not only means that allocating funds for training and development should be done in order to boost the employees and employers to consider a successful investment. Therefore, the importance of training holds a lot of power and at the same time  integrates well with the existing systems to prevent any further vulnerabilities.

Conclusion 

In conclusion, it is a challenge for many companies to decide where to send their funds, between prioritizing employee training and investing in cybersecurity technology since both are top priorities to guarantee a company success. In the end, training can bring many more benefits as previously stated, and this is the key to achieving a better culture environment, ensuring better performance for employees and employers at the same time. Training also strengthens the skills that employees already possess, and their leadership skills as well. It is not a secret that the biggest room is for improvement and in this case training serves as an opportunity to see a new perspective and give employees and employers a new perspective on their work. 

References:

Maryville Online, “Importance of Training and Development for Employees,” December 15 2022,https://online.maryville.edu/blog/importance-of-training-and-development/#:~:text=Training%20and%20development%20programs%20provide%20a%20host%20of%20benefits.,turnover%2C%20and%20improve%20company%20culture.

“Cybersecurity Training & Exercises: CISA.” Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA, https://www.cisa.gov/cybersecurity-training-exercises. 

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CIA Against Threats

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Understanding the principles of the CIA triad helps to acknowledge this concept cannot exclusively be applied to companies but also society as a whole. The CIA triad ensures that data security is safe while managing to control vulnerabilities. And by its side comes authentication and authorization that also helps to verify and determines access right.  

CIA Triad

The three components that mainly substructure the CIA are confidentiality, integrity and availability. These serve and help to designate and accomplish their goal of protecting information. Confidentiality mainly deals with the access to sensitive information. For example, sensitive information that cannot be disclosed to the public because it can cause many issues to a company or to a person. Integrity mainly deals with keeping constancy of information to mainly not be altered overtime. An example of this is abstaining from relieving sensitive information to others. Lastly, availability mainly deals with accessibility to information to authorized people only, meaning the information should be reliable at all times when asked for it.   

Authentication

According to Tech Web authentication “should be used whenever you want to know exactly who is using or viewing your site,” In other words, authentication was made with the only purpose of verifying who the system or person is attempting to use it. An example of this is when a student or a faculty member is required to verify or authenticate through the app Duo Mobile in order to log into their respective accounts.  

Authorization

TechWeb describes authorization as “ a process by which a server determines if the client has permission to use a resource or access a file.” In simple words, when a system determines if an individual has direct permission to access a file or a resource. For instance, when a student shares a private link with their professor, and once they try to open it, it doesn’t work because they don’t have permission to view, therefore it’s necessary to send a request in order to have access to the file or document. 

Conclusion

Protecting systems, and information is the main reason why the CIA was created. With its three main elements, confidentiality, integrity, and availability it is always important to remember that those foundations all together make it possible for its ultimate job, which is the application of its security control. And with that being said, authorization and authentication play a similar role, but these ones are in charge of specifically ensuring that only authorized individuals have access to information when they need it. 

References:

(n.d.). Understanding Authentication, Authorization, and Encryption. TechWeb. https://www.bu.edu/tech/about/security-resources/bestpractice/auth/

(n.d.). Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability: The CIA Triad. Washington University in St. Louis. https://informationsecurity.wustl.edu/items/confidentiality-integrity-and-availability-the-cia-triad/

(n.d.). What is the CIA Triad? Definition, Explanation, Examples. TechTarget. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1898r4pGpKHN6bmKcwlxPdVZpCC6Moy8l/view

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Ethical Consideration of CRISPR Gene Editing

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The idea of CRISPR gene has quickly risen and got popularity as a tool because it can eliminate genes that can cause diseases, such as cystic fibrosis, and at the same time correct many genetic errors that can possible target the human life. So, this means that this tool could possibly help to the extend life expectancy for humanity. However, according to the article ‘CRISPR babies’ are still too risky, says influential panel, the author Heide Ledford, argues that “… they have been shown to generate some unwanted changes to genes, and can produce a range of different outcomes even among cells in the same embryo.” In other words, this means it is not guaranteed that this procedure can successfully be done without 0% of error, therefore my position is against it. I think it could be beneficial but, I don’t think it would be appropriate to play the role of God when it comes to such a wide audience, that could also end up in death as a result of an “unwanted genetic changes.”

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