Cyber Security: Protecting the Person Behind the Password
When a business suffers a cyber attack, the immediate focus is usually on restoring systems, protecting data, and keeping operations running. But what happens to the employee whose account was used to get in?
Imagine a staff member who uses the same password for their online supermarket account and their work login. It’s familiar, easy to remember, and they’ve never been told why it matters. When credentials from the personal account are exposed, an attacker tries that password against their work account and gains access.
Suddenly, an everyday habit has become part of a serious business incident. And somewhere in the middle of it is a person thinking, “This is all my fault.”