What are the most effective ways to keep employees informed about information security trends?

Employees are the most weakest link and also the first layer of defense for an organization. Its highly recommended to keep employees informed about the latest security trends and best practices through proper and regular security awareness campaign , training and workshop. We can send regular email updates or newsletters with relevant security tips, news alerts, incident notifications to keep them informed. For an organization we also create customized social media channel to share the resources, articles and links to stay up-to-date on security trends.

I agree with prior statements on RSS feeds. First to add would be CISA's feed for CVE's. You can pull those into email, Teams sites, SharePoint, Slack, or a dashboard. Another key method to stay on top of threats is to network with leaders in your industry ISAC or ISAO.

Keep employees informed about infosec trends by: 1. Regular Training: Provide ongoing security awareness training. 2. Newsletters: Share updates on current threats and best practices. 3. Intranet Resources: Maintain a dedicated infosec section on the company intranet. 4. Workshops: Conduct interactive workshops and seminars. 5. Email Alerts: Send alerts for urgent security matters. 6. Phishing Simulations: Test and educate employees with mock phishing emails. 7. Mobile Apps: Use apps for quick security tips and updates. Multiple channels and continuous education promote awareness of infosec trends.

One of my favorite Cybersecurity journalists to follow is Brian Krebs. He always has cutting edge articles about Cybersecurity. There are usually a number of lists each year of top security experts to follow. Media Sonar created a list this year which contains some of my favorite Cyber influencers.

Find popular cybersecurity journalists, YouTube creators or others on Facebook and LinkedIn. Encourage employees to follow or check out ther content or simply reshare it so your teams see it. Getting different kinds of information and opinions, even those you dont agree with, are critical to learning new things and keeping up with changing tech trends and security issues.

Regularly conducting employee security awareness training will keep employees at par with the current information security landscape

Sharing thoughts and opinions, learning from others and collaborating on problems and solutions are all possible with online communities and forums such as those found on Reddit, Discord and others. You can find many groups dedicated to the niches and topics that interest you most. These are great placed to learn and stay on top of emerging trends and technologies.

I have lifelong friends I've met at conferences and events. I highly recommed attending information security related conferences and events. The value of being able to learn from so many experts in their feilds while networking and making friends is ecredibly undervalued. A few to consider are: -DEFCON -ShmooCon -BlackHat USA -Wild West Hack Fest -RSA Conference There are many many more and far more niche conferences as well!

Information Security is an "always learning" career field. As technology eveolves, so do security considerations, requirements and methods. Keeping up to speed with technologies, standards and cybsecurity frameworks is paramount to career longevity. There are tons of online courses and certifactions, many for free, that anyone can take at thier leisure.

People are already overloaded and last thing they need is more reading or "study". Most effective way i found was sending out an email end of the week with the top 3 articles for the week and a 2 line blurb explaining how it is relevant to them. I made sure the 3 article covered different things such as scam, phishing, etc and that way it was light reading and if someone wanted me they could click on the link and read the article.

All of these are great ways to keep your employees up-to-date on cybersecurity changes and developments in the industry. I think the first goal is creating the desire and want for the employee to actually engage and absorb the information that you want them to be knowledgeable about. To have employees that are actively looking to gain knowledge themselves are an amazing resource that contributes to the culture of the company. I think one way to motive employees to want to learn about new cybersecurity technology is to try and successfully get them to respond to a Phising email. We send out these once or twice a month to keep out employees on their toes. Stay vigilant!

Keeping employees informed about cybersecurity matters is an essential component with a strong security culture, but it’s important to recognise that supplying, sharing and feeding information isn’t enough. A strong security culture builds upon an understanding of the significance and relevance of human wants and needs, character and personality traits, psychological and cognitive factors (etc.), which understanding is deployed to ensure that information supply, awareness raising, education, training and engagement is relevant, usable and helpful to the people to whom this is directed.