Effective Security Training Is the Key to Fighting Cyber Attacks
How Hands-on Security Training for Development Teams Helps Minimize Hacks
By Steindór S. Guðmundsson, CEO, Adversary
The best strategy to counter cybercrime lies not in technological security solutions, but in well-trained
individuals. When developers and other IT staff understand security threats as well as the mindset of
hackers they can effectively adapt and defend against attacks.
The challenge
Companies today face enormous cybersecurity challenges, losing hundreds of billions of dollars
collectively each year due to data breaches. Cybersecurity is famously hard and attackers are creative.
They adapt quickly and are able to circumvent our cyber defenses. Cyberattacks have caused significant
damage for individuals and companies and the threat only gets worse. The exponential growth of
cybercrime worldwide has been a stark, consistent, and alarming trend.