Why Employees Are the Biggest Cybersecurity Threat to Companies

The number one reason employees fall for cyberattacks is they don’t want to let down their boss when they ask for something. The hacker learns who communicates with the executive team at a company and mimics the position of authority—it’s called spearfishing. Training employees in cybersecurity is one thing—but making sure they actually learn from it is another. On the first episode of America Back to Work of 2023, we’re bringing out our top security resources to discuss this important topic and provide cybersecurity education tips and tricks to help secure your organization. Shaun McAlmont—President & CEO of NINJIO Cybersecurity Awareness Training—joins host Arnette Heintze (a former CIA Agent for the US Secret Service) on “America Back to Work” Episode 8—Why Employees Are the Biggest Cybersecurity Threat to Companies. Resources: Shaun McAlmont, President & CEO of NINJIO Cybersecurity Awareness Training Your host, Arnette Heintze About the Show: Sign up for the S2Verify mailing list here so you don’t miss an episode. S2 Verify is one of the leading, privately held, pre-employment background screening companies in the United States.  Arnette Heintze is Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer at S2Verify. Before establishing S2Verify, Arnette spent more than three decades working at the highest levels of federal, state, and local law enforcement.  He served more than 20 years in the United States Secret Service as a special agent and senior executive where he planned, designed, and implemented security strategies to protect U.S. Presidents, world leaders, events of national significance, and our nation’s most sensitive assets, including financial infrastructure.   After retiring from the Secret Service, Arnette focused on building growth and performance of innovative start-ups and SMBs. In 2004, he established Hillard Heintze, a globally recognized strategic security risk management and investigations firm. In 2009, along with Bill Whitford and Jim Zimbardi, Arnette established S2 Verify with an approach and methodology that delivers fast, accurate, compliant, and affordable background screening insights crucial to better managing insider risks, threats, and vulnerabilities.