Fewer than half of in-house counsel (45 percent) said that their companies have mandatory training for employees on how to prevent cybersecurity breaches, found the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) Foundation.
The ACC, an association serving the needs of more than 40,000 corporate lawyers in 85 countries, published The State of Cybersecurity Report on Dec. 9, 2015. The report reflects data from a survey of 1,015 responding corporate general counsels.
“HR has a tremendous opportunity” to educate employees about cybersecurity, and to design policies that support legal, financial and information technology, said Amar Sarwal, vice president and chief legal strategist for ACC. “HR can be right at the center of this.”
