Developing and sustaining an effective security culture is an essential component of a protective security regime and helps mitigate against a range of threats that could cause physical, reputational or financial damage to organisations.
Security culture refers to the set of values, shared by everyone in an organisation, that determine how people are expected to think about and approach security. Getting security culture right will help develop a security conscious workforce, and promote the desired security behaviours you want from staff.
The benefits of an effective security culture include: