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Constella Intelligence's threat intelligence team identified 6,472 breaches or leakages, and more than 3.3 million exposed records where financial employee corporate credentials were involved. 

ISACA leaders offer recommendations for supporting your IT/security staffers as they respond to a holiday or weekend cyber incident.

A survey of cyber pros conducted over the summer of 2021 shows 57% of respondents selecting employee carelessness or limited knowledge topping the list of challenges facing their organizations.

"It's impossible to imagine the industry as it is today without the contributions of Alan," said SANS chief technology officer James Lyne.

According to a recent Commerce Department study, there are almost half a million cyber jobs sitting unfilled in the United States alone.

For a more complete picture of employee cyber habits, organizations must creatively track user behaviors related to endpoint, web and data security as well. The data is there, said Living Security CSO Drew Rose at InfoSec World.

Positive reinforcement, rewards and gamification are effective employee cyber awareness strategies, while threatening consequences for unsafe behavior can sometimes do more harm than good, warned InfoSec World panelists.