Getting Employees to Take Cybersecurity Seriously

Businesses increasingly have cybersecurity concerns as more employees work remotely. According to a scholarly article, 2 managerial approaches to motivate security compliance behavior are protection motivation and stewardship approaches. To paraphrase from the study in the article: it’s important for organizations to focus their efforts on threat communications as well as enhancing employees’ abilities to respond. Organizations should build a sense of belonging with their employees such that their employees become stewards of the organization’s resources. #IdeaoftheDay