With any compromise, the targeted business jeopardizes losing user trust. The recent Twitter compromise is a prime example of how proactive employee training can be one of the best defenses from malicious actors. Cybercriminals were able to access the high-profile accounts by tricking employees via a “coordinated social engineering attack” into giving up their credentials. Twitter, and any business with troves of data, passwords, etc., need to make security awareness training a top priority to better protect its people and users' data against cyberattacks. Training staff on being an effective human firewall is more critical than it has ever been. Employees are often the first line of defense and if they don’t know how to spot common attack methods like spear phishing, smashing, and whaling, cybercriminals will be quick to take advantage.  Read Less