{"id":293,"date":"2025-04-25T17:08:13","date_gmt":"2025-04-25T17:08:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/matthew-harris\/?p=293"},"modified":"2025-04-25T17:08:13","modified_gmt":"2025-04-25T17:08:13","slug":"allocating-funds-between-training-and-technology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/matthew-harris\/2025\/04\/25\/allocating-funds-between-training-and-technology\/","title":{"rendered":"Allocating Funds Between Training and Technology"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>BLUF <\/strong><br>With a certain amount of funds available, 55-65 percent of the funding is allocated to <br>human training, with the remaining funds supporting additional cybersecurity technologies.  <br><strong>Introduction <\/strong><br>Cybersecurity is an ongoing development that changes daily. With the number of cyber <br>attacks increasing, companies must find a way to balance human training with the addition of <br>more cybersecurity technology. Allocating a large majority of funds to focus on one aspect rather <br>than the other would be pointless; for example, having the newest cybersecurity technology with <br>little human training will lead to inefficiency, and vice versa if the funding were reversed.      <br>Training versus having additional Cybersecurity technology  <br>A slightly higher funding rate allocated to human training rather than additional <br>cybersecurity technologies is more effective, as most cyber attacks are often due to human errors. <br>Additionally, a complex system may lead to confusion during training, disrupting the business <br>flow. In cybersecurity, there is a strong emphasis on technology, focusing on using the most <br>modern solutions to minimize vulnerabilities and risks present in previous technologies. Most <br>cyber-attacks are due to human error, which leads to the point of focusing the funding on <br>training. Having trained employees is also important because, in the event of a cyber attack, they <br>are more successful in dealing with incident response. According to the article, &#8220;Using linear <br>regression on data breach incidents reported in the United States of America from 2009 to 2017, <br>the study validates human factors as a weak point in information security that can be extended to <br>the Internet of Things by predicting the relationship between human factors and data breach <br>incidents, and the strength of these relationships.&#8221; (Hughes-Larty et al., 2021)  <br><strong>Conclusion <\/strong> <br>Investing in human training is more beneficial than investing in additional cybersecurity <br>technology for employees&#8217; workspaces and finances. Depending on the company, 65- 55 percent <br>of human training would get the best results. Modern cyber technology is important, so the <br>funding is not dramatically low; being behind in cybersecurity will always pose a significant <br>security risk.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BLUF With a certain amount of funds available, 55-65 percent of the funding is allocated to human training, with the remaining funds supporting additional cybersecurity technologies. Introduction Cybersecurity is an ongoing development that changes daily. With the number of cyber attacks increasing, companies must find a way to balance human training with the addition of&#8230; <\/p>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/matthew-harris\/2025\/04\/25\/allocating-funds-between-training-and-technology\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":30663,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wds_primary_category":0},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/matthew-harris\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/matthew-harris\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/matthew-harris\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/matthew-harris\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30663"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/matthew-harris\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=293"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/matthew-harris\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":297,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/matthew-harris\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293\/revisions\/297"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/matthew-harris\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=293"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/matthew-harris\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=293"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/matthew-harris\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}