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It is imperative to keep policies up to date to protect your business as new threats and an issue arises. A multi-tiered IT security plan made up of policies for which all staff, including executives, management and even the IT department are held accountable is what needs to be included in cyber security training.

Acceptance Use Policy

To protect the corporate systems from unnecessary exposure to risk, specifically, indicate what is permitted versus what is prohibited. 

Internal and external email use, social media, web browsing including acceptable browsers and website, computer systems, and download whether, from an online source or flash drive, all need to be included under the resources. 

With a signature to signify they understand the expectations set forth in the policy, this policy should be acknowledged by every employee.

Confidential Data Policy

Examples of data your business considers confidential and how the information should be handled are identified through this. The type of files which should be regularly backed up and are the target for many cybercriminal activities are the information.

Email Policy

For conveying information, email can be a convenient method. However, this is also a source of liability should it enter into the wrong hand when it comes to this written record of communications. It creates consistent guidelines for all sent and received emails and integrations which may be used to access the company network by having an email policy.

Wireless Network and Guest Access Policy

To control the known risks, any access to the network not made directly by your IT team should follow strict guidelines. You may want to constrict their access to outbound internet use for example and add other security measures to anyone accessing the company's network wirelessly when guests visit your business.

Incident Response Policy

In the case of a cyber-incident, formalizing the process the employee would follow. Stolen laptop, a malware attack or the employee falling for a phishing scheme and providing confidential details to an unapproved recipient are some scenarios to consider. The quicker their response time would be to protect the security of your confidential assets, the faster your IT team is notified of such events.

Network Security Policy

The essential portion of the IT security plan is in protecting the integrity of the corporate network. To secure the network infrastructure including procedures to install, service, maintain and replace all on-site equipment, have a policy in place specifying technical guidelines. This policy may include the processes around password creation and storage, security testing, cloud backups, and networked hardware additionally.

Phishing e-mail, picking up a form of malware or ransomware that locks up the access to your critical files, leak information via data breach and a growing number of malicious cyber threats that are unleashed each day this cyber security training awareness reduces this risk of falling prey to all the above.

To your data protection plan, an untrained employee is the greatest threats. To change the risky habits which they have picked up over the years, training them once will not be enough. The regular conversation regarding this will help in eradicating this issue.