60% of Small Businesses Close Within Six Months of Getting Hacked

Do you really want to risk this every single day?

Employees Cause 95% of Data Breaches


Over 95% of all data breaches are due to human error. That's you or me or our teams doing something wrong or making silly mistakes.


This leads to an obvious conclusion: The most important step is to train our staff to recognise what can go wrong.


Employees at every level must learn that privacy protection isn't just an IT issue. It's something that affects them personally. Each of us is directly responsible.


All this is supported by the 2023 The State of Email Security Report(SOES) data. This shows that attacks which quickly spread from one infected employee to others are close to all-time highs.


Eight out of 10 (80%) of the companies surveyed experienced attacks of this sort.


When asked what mistakes employees make that contribute to the spread:


  • 80% poor password hygiene
  • 78% misuse of personal email
  • 77% oversharing of info on social media
  • 75% careless or inappropriate use of smartphones
  • 75% careless or improper use of collaboration tools

60% Of Small Companies Close Within 6 Months Of Being Hacked

CyberCrime magazine reports this startling figure from the US Securities and Exchange Commission.


The reason is simple: small and midsize businesses are not just cybercrime targets. We are the principal target.


We are the easiest to attack because we don't have the resources to train our staff. Or we cannot afford the training.


This leaves our staff vulnerable to making mistakes. Each such mistake leads to more than half of our small businesses closing.


That's a frantically expensive result for any business owner.



The POPI Act makes it your responsibility to train your team in privacy awareness issues.


This training is crucial for every new staff member. Especially new team members.


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50% employees: Certain They've Made a Security Risk Mistake

According to the study, nearly 50% of the employees stated that they are “very” or “pretty” certain they have made an error at work that could have led to security issues for their company.


The study details the differences between young and older employees. For instance, younger employees will more easily admit to mistakes. They're also easier to phish.

What the Protection of Personal Privacy Demands from Employers


Data Privacy Awareness training is critical to helping employees survive the myriad security and privacy challenges they face.


Your employees are focused on the job you hired them to do and when faced with to-do lists, distractions, and pressure to get things done quickly, cognitive loads become overwhelming and mistakes can happen.


Stepping users through security awareness training is a must. You cannot afford to neglect this training.


Phishing attackers deceive your staff by posing as people or organizations you trust. Criminals of this nature try to coax you into handing over access to sensitive data or providing the data itself.


Brute force attacks work through all the possibilities for your password until they guess correctly. These attacks take some time but have become rapid as computer speeds improve.


Hackers even hijack other devices like yours via malware infections to speed up the process. If your password is weak, it might only take a few seconds to crack it.


Malware.


Your device’s operating system, software, hardware, or the network and servers you’re connected to can have security flaws.


Gaps in protection are sought by criminals as the perfect place to introduce malware.


Spyware specifically is ideal for stealing private data while being completely undetected. You might not find this infection until it’s too late.

Don't Believe Us, Believe Employees

Apart from the nightmaring eye openers, this has been extremely insightful and helpful. Cannot thank you enough for taking the time to explain this so everyone is able to understand. I also like the lifetime access situation so I can revert back at any point. Thank you.

Caralyne M


Thank you very much for all this information. I will confess that am one of those people who didn't think a lot about things like these. A real eye opener, and scary to realise how ignorant I have been.

Sarah L


A great learning experience, never knew exactly how breaches happen and checking on that site, I saw that 2 accounts although not ones I often use, had been breached

Claudio D

Very informative and concise, especially considering the vastness of the POPIA documentation. I didn't expect much but was pleasantly surprised by the delivery of information. I really learned quite a lot, which will benefit my company but also implement these things in my daily life.

Anrich L

Absolutely brilliant! To translate a 130 odd pages of legal geek speak into practical, easy to understand and most importantly actionable steps to be in line with POPIA, is indeed brilliant. Thank you so much Peter.

Maartin S


Thank you for the amazing course Peter. Awesome informative training and a lot of information, very helpful indeed.

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What to do Next...

① Complete the form alongside.


② Click on the "+" to get the number of people you want trained.


③ Complete your payment details


④ Relax. I will ask you for the names and emails.


⑤ I will enroll each into the course.


⑥ I will guide each through the course and answer their questions.


⑦ When they finish they will get a Certificate of Completion. This adds value to them, and proves to the Information regulator that you took steps to train them.


⑧Your business will be much safer.

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