---
title: "Staff buy-in critical for effective corporate cyber security"
url: "https://thecybersecurityplace.com/staff-buy-in-critical-for-effective-corporate-cyber-security/"
date: "2019-05-30T05:44:43+00:00"
section: "Identity Theft"
tags:
  - "Business Security"
  - "Cyber Threats"
  - "Data Breach"
  - "Email"
  - "Email Security"
  - "Identity Theft"
  - "IT Security"
  - "Phishing Attack"
source: "itwebafrica.com"
source_url: "http://itwebafrica.com/security/514-south-africa/245935-staff-buy-in-critical-for-effective-corporate-cyber-security"
---

# Staff buy-in critical for effective corporate cyber security

May 30, 2019 · Reported by itwebafrica.com

![](https://thecybersecurityplace.com/portadas/2019/staff-buy-in-critical-for-effective-corporate-cyber-security.jpg)

> In 2018, 26% of young adults committed suicide globally as a result of cyber bullying, and 945 data breaches led to 45 billion records being compromised in the ongoing cyber crime challenge. These statistics emerged from a panel discussion how do you increase user awareness and keep your workforce ‘cyberfit’, hosted this week at the IT Web Security Summit 2019 in Sandton, Johannesburg.

[Read the full article at itwebafrica.com](http://itwebafrica.com/security/514-south-africa/245935-staff-buy-in-critical-for-effective-corporate-cyber-security)

**Tags:** [Business Security](https://thecybersecurityplace.com/tag/business-security/) · [Cyber Threats](https://thecybersecurityplace.com/tag/cyber-threats/) · [Data Breach](https://thecybersecurityplace.com/tag/data-breach/) · [Email](https://thecybersecurityplace.com/tag/email/) · [Email Security](https://thecybersecurityplace.com/tag/email-security/) · [Identity Theft](https://thecybersecurityplace.com/tag/identity-theft/) · [IT Security](https://thecybersecurityplace.com/tag/it-security/) · [Phishing Attack](https://thecybersecurityplace.com/tag/phishing-attack/)