Did you know
- 44.2% of cyberattacks in Canada targeted the service sector and, most frequently, the business services and health care sectors in 2016.
- 80% of all privacy breaches are caused inside the business.
- Most of these breaches are the result of error or mistakes by employees.
- 60% of small and medium business owners go out of business within 6 months after a privacy and security breach.
What are you doing in your business or home to be more cyber aware?
October is Cyber Security Awareness Month and Information Managers is celebrating by hosting their annual 15 Day Privacy Challenge.
This is the perfect way for businesses, employees, and their families to make small changes easily to improve the privacy and security of their information right away!
The 15 Day Privacy Challenge starts October 15th, for fifteen days.
Each challenge includes a privacy and security tip, a short description about why this tip is important, how to get started, and links to additional resources. Each challenge will take approximately 15 minutes to complete.
At the end of the challenge, you will receive a printable certificate of completion. Successful challengers might also find that this qualifies for CPE credits, too!
If you have been wondering what you can do to improve your privacy and security program, provide great training to your employees and save time, money and your reputation, you won’t want to miss this!
Register right away while this is fresh in your mind! You won’t want to miss a single one!