Cybersecurity training – a necessity for all organisations

With cybercrime an omnipresent threat for all organisations, cybersecurity training is an unavoidable necessity for all third parties with data handling responsibilities.

With sophisticated hacking methods and malicious software tools, many cybercriminals are at the height of their power. It can be negligent of data controllers to fail to implement appropriate cyber security measures. Unfortunately, many organisations fail in their duty of data protection, leaving personal information exposed due to their negligence.

Under the GDPR, victims of data breaches can be eligible to make a compensation claim against the organisation responsible in order to hold them accountable for their actions. We are currently pursuing justice for victims of the Virgin Media data breach, which affected 900,000 UK consumers. If you were affected, you could be entitled to recover thousands of pounds in compensation in our group action, so join online today to start your claim.

The need for cybersecurity training

Securing your organisation’s computer systems isn’t just about installing protective firewalls or antivirus software. Cybersecurity training is also necessary to ensure employees are actively managing potential threats on a day-to-day basis, and are not in breach of the law in general.

For example, those in charge of IT at a company should be regularly monitoring their organisations systems to check for any weaknesses. In fact, every employee has a role to play, making sure that they are wary of any malicious communication that might hit their email inboxes.

As such, all employees need up-to-date cybersecurity training to ensure they know what their individual responsibilities are and how to manage risks. With CybSafe data suggesting 90% of UK data breaches were caused by human error in 2019, employee training is essential in ensuring strong data protection.

Claiming in response to data protection negligence

In the case of the Virgin Media data breach, human error was deemed to have played a role. It was found that an employee/employees failed to configure a marketing database correctly, which left it open to unauthorised access for a ten-month period. The error undoubtedly raises questions about what kind of cybersecurity training employees had received, given that they failed to pick up the original error for almost a year.

The law can entitle victims to claim for a data protection breach regardless of the underlying error that caused it. If an organisation has failed to protect your personal data, they cannot simply shift the blame on to a few employees, as data protection is a company-wide responsibility. In a claim, victims could recover compensation for the distress that they have suffered from, as well as for the expenses or losses incurred. For example, the victim may have been targeted with scams following the exposure of their data, which can result in financial fraud.

Join the Virgin Media data breach

Victims of the Virgin Media data breach can start a claim today in just a few quick and easy steps.

You only need to have been notified of your involvement in the data leak to be potentially eligible to claim, so why not fill in our form now to begin your claim straight away? We don’t want anyone to miss out on their chance to access the justice they deserve, which is why we are offering No Win, No Fee representation to eligible claimants.

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