{"id":291,"date":"2025-04-22T23:08:11","date_gmt":"2025-04-22T23:08:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/xanehouston\/?p=291"},"modified":"2025-04-22T23:08:11","modified_gmt":"2025-04-22T23:08:11","slug":"the-human-factor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/xanehouston\/2025\/04\/22\/the-human-factor\/","title":{"rendered":"The Human Factor"},"content":{"rendered":"Intro<br \/>As I put on my Chief Information Security Officer cap, I realize that the balance of investing in<br \/>training and investing in additional cybersecurity technologies is a very critical task. This is even<br \/>more difficult with my nondescript limited budget. My personal approach would consist of a<br \/>combination of both training and technologies, with a bit of an emphasis on the training portion.<br \/>Training<br \/>Training employees would be the primary focus of my plan, since it is usually said that they are<br \/>the weakest link in any cybersecurity situation. Investing in programs that increase the<br \/>cybersecurity awareness of all employees is very important. This helps to ensure that everyone at<br \/>all levels within the organization understands the importance of common cybersecurity practices.<br \/>These include things like recognizing phishing attacks, creating secure passwords, etc. Well<br \/>educated employees can help prevent incidents, making training one of the most cost effective<br \/>methods of defense.<br \/>Technology<br \/>For technology, I would like to invest in solutions that bring the highest level of security for<br \/>reasonable prices. For example, this would likely include tools like firewalls, endpoint detection<br \/>and response (EDR) systems, and intrusion detection systems (IDS) to help protect critical<br \/>systems from cybersecurity threats. With the budget constraints in mind, I would prioritize<br \/>automated solutions to help increase efficiency.<br \/>Conclusion<br \/>I would make the spending on training and technology probably about equal, with maybe a slight<br \/>focus on technology solutions. This is because you can get more training for your money as<br \/>opposed to buying products. Technology can help defend against known threats, but as<br \/>employees are the first line of defense, it is equally important to train them. By focussing nearly<br \/>equally on both categories, I can ensure the organization is safer from cybersecurity<br \/>vulnerabilities.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IntroAs I put on my Chief Information Security Officer cap, I realize that the balance of investing intraining and investing in additional cybersecurity technologies is a very critical task. This is evenmore difficult with my nondescript limited budget. My personal approach would consist of acombination of both training and technologies, with a bit of an&#8230; <\/p>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/xanehouston\/2025\/04\/22\/the-human-factor\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":30598,"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\/xanehouston\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/xanehouston\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/xanehouston\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/xanehouston\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30598"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/xanehouston\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=291"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/xanehouston\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":292,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/xanehouston\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291\/revisions\/292"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/xanehouston\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/xanehouston\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/xanehouston\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}