Cyber awareness: Safeguarding against digital threats [Video]

Cyber awareness is vital in today’s increasingly digital world because it enables business continuity, safe online behavior and protection against threats.

As online threats, such as ransomware, phishing, hacking and malware, continue wreaking havoc, an increased security posture is needed through cyber awareness, according to Shawn Henry (pictured), chief security officer of CrowdStrike Inc.

“The word I want everybody to just take and scribble it on their head, it’s awareness,” Henry stated. “I think that as citizens, this awareness level is about knowing where you’re getting your information from, checking your sources. Don’t just look at a tweet that somebody put out and retweet it or a Facebook post and send it out to all your friends without understanding if it is valid or not? It’s our responsibility to ensure that we are assessing information, ensuring it’s valid before we are becoming part of the process to fan the flames.”

Henry spoke with theCUBE Research’s Rebecca Knight and Dave …