If you could, what would you do to help create a national “security culture,” in which everyone is more knowledgeable and proactive about threats to information security?

 

Ways to Develop Sustainable National Security Culture

Society relies on technology for most of our livelihood activities, be it farming, education, government storage of data, and any other important activities. Therefore this necessitates the need for proper information security. Many organizations have lost essential data due to their poor security measures and poor security cooperation of the employees.  Security culture refers to what can occur in groups of people who can use the data devices on their own. Can these people act responsibly and make good choices when clicking on a link to avoid risky links? Methods of developing proactive security culture can answer this question. A healthy security culture does not grow organically; instead, it needs investments. Sustainable security culture should give return to the investment, rewarding, engaging, fun, and deliberate. The following are some approaches that I can use to create a sustainable security culture with everybody being proactive and knowledgeable about data security.

Make People Aware that Security is Everyone’s Responsibility

Healthy and sustainable security requires everyone’s involvement in the nation rather than putting all of these responsibilities to the security department. Everybody in the nation should act as a security agent, starting from the regular citizen to the executive staff of the nation (Romeo, n.d.). The security culture should be included in the nation’s mission and vision, making all the citizens take it seriously. The security measures should be taught to all employees, not only to the security personnel.

Making Security Awareness.

To create a security culture in a nation educating all citizens on security lessons should be prioritized. A level of individual staff’s ability to realize a security threat should be set before determine their ability to judge the depth of a security threat. Teaching these citizens on security issues should not be boring; therefore, the program will put creative activities during such sessions. Security awareness is a continuous process that should be done every time to keep the citizens alert.

Every Organization Should Have A Secure Development Lifecycle (SDL)

A secure development lifecycle is the main foundation and the core of a healthy and sustainable security culture. However, SDL is a process or activity that works for software, and a system release agreed upon by the organization. The SDL activities include security testing processing, security requirements, and threat modeling. The SDL stays in the product security office, and the office is the one that provides a healthy security culture.

Recognizing People that have Done Right Thing on the Security by Giving Them a Reward

The nation should allocate some rewards for those individuals who have completed security training and those who show the ability to implement tight security measures. These rewards may look small, but it has a significant impact. It can work as an attraction for more people to take training and also implement what is learned to receive a reward.

Creating a Community with a Sustainable Security Culture

Creating a community willing to implement a tight security culture is the core element of bridging the security measure thought the nation. It brings together different individuals to solve a common problem and makes everybody responsible for its security. The security community breeds security advocates who are passionate about making the organization secure.