Computer systems are complex, so people who work with them often need to be trained in how to use them correctly. This applies especially to your company’s information security. The loss of a memory stick by a careless employee, or the downloading of a file that contains a virus, may be all it takes to cause a security breach.
Practical advice
This book offers you practical advice on how to develop an IT Induction programme for your staff that can help safeguard your business information. By providing your employees with simple instruction in good IT working practices, and by making sure they know what is expected of them, you can strengthen your company’s information security and reduce the risk that your data will be stolen or lost.
A sense of responsibility
Encouraging good corporate working and a strong sense of responsibility are, the author argues, essential for the protection of your business information. She shows you how to strike the right balance in your approach to staff training, thereby enabling you to provide your employees with an IT Induction that is at once informative and accessible.
Benefits to business include:
As the author comments, “Empowering and trusting employees, through good educational practices and advice specific to their needs, is the best solution to address information security risk".
'This clearly written booklet is soundly based in practice, and I challenge anyone with responsibilities in IT or HR in an organisation not to find value in it.'
David Clayden
About the author
Valerie Maddock holds a degree in Computer Science from the Open University and has over 35 years’ experience in IT. Since 1996 she has been employed in the IT department of the Salvation Army UK. She created the department’s IT Learning and User Support Unit, and also developed an online IT Induction programme for the needs of the Salvation Army’s staff.
Buy this book and improve your information security through effective employee training