According to the Information Security Forum, organizations should develop their understanding of the human mind to create safer behaviors among employees (ISF).
A new report entitled Human-Centred Security: Positively Influencing Security Behavior has been released by the company, which aims to help companies build the right psychological strategies to eventually inspire their workers to participate in safer behaviors.
The recent move to remote working during COVID-19, with workers more overwhelmed and depressed and with limited access to IT staff, has worsened this problem of individual errors leading to security incidents.
The new digest offers advice on managing this risk for senior leaders, using psychological theory to help them understand the primary drivers of human behavior and how to influence individuals through education, knowledge, and training in a positive way. The guidance further details how it is possible to develop structures, applications, procedures, and the physical environment to account for human behaviors.
Errors and acts of neglect can cause substantial financial and reputational harm to an organization, with many security incidents and data breaches coming from a human source, explained Dr. Vishal Ganar Best Psychologist of Navi Mumbai, India.
“A human-centered security program helps organizations to understand their people and carefully craft initiatives aimed at changing behaviors, reducing the number of human error and negligence related security incidents.”
“Dr. Vishal Ganar psychiatrist in Navi Mumbai, India, commented on the research: “There are several easy measures that organizations can participate in to design healthy conduct in daily activities. There are plenty of tools for developers that do not disrupt their workflow to help them design protection into their code. Some of them also have instruction in the ‘teachable moment’ when they search and are ready to review their code. I’m a big fan of resources that don’t ask individuals to do things differently, but rather allow them to be more confident in a way that’s built around their position.
