HR's vital role in tackling cybercrime

Cyber security threats have never been more pervasive, with the WannaCry hack bringing the NHS to a halt and the Petya cyberattack spreading across Europe.

With many businesses operating digitally, the risk and responsibility of safeguarding can no longer be incumbent on IT.

Justin Dolly, Chief Security Officer & CIO at Malwarebytes - a Silicon Valley-based cyber security company with a European HQ in Cork, Ireland, believes that HR departments are vital to protecting the business.

“Historically, the focus has been on deploying various security tools designed to protect a company’s infrastructure,” Dolly explains. “While these tools are critical, and can be the difference between a devastating breach and an attack thwarted, employees are becoming an increasingly critical part of the equation. It’s something that is slowly being realised, and a recent survey by Harvey Nash/KPMG found that the so-called insider threat is the most rapidly growing threat of all. “