🧠Cybersecurity Isn’t Just for the IT Department Anymore

🧠Cybersecurity Isn’t Just for the IT Department Anymore
How Every Department Plays a Role in Protecting the Business

🏢 Who This Is For

This article is for:

• Department heads in finance, HR, operations, legal, and sales at large organisations

• SMEs where cybersecurity responsibilities are not clearly defined or delegated beyond IT

⚠️ Common Misconception: “Cybersecurity = IT’s Job”

Many companies still treat cybersecurity as something only the tech team needs to handle. But in 2024, most successful attacks don’t break firewalls — they break human behaviour:

• A finance staff opens a phishing email with a fake invoice

• A salesperson reuses a weak password across multiple platforms

• An HR manager uploads sensitive data to an unauthorised drive

88% of data breaches involve human error (Verizon DBIR 2023)

Cybersecurity isn’t just about systems — it’s about culture, habits, and shared responsibility.

🧩 Why Every Team Matters

Here’s how different departments become targets (or entry points):

• Finance – wire transfer scams, fake supplier invoices

• HR – access to employee data, CV malware, onboarding portals

• Sales – CRM hijacking, third-party integrations, email spoofing

• Legal – sensitive contracts, policy exposures

• Ops – vendor risk, exposed devices, IoT

Without security awareness, your people become the weakest link.

🏢 Real Case: CEO Email Scam

A Malaysian mid-sized firm had an attacker impersonate the CEO using a lookalike email. They requested an urgent fund transfer "for a deal closing overseas."

The finance exec, pressured and unaware of social engineering tactics, complied — RM 90,000 lost in minutes.

The IT system was intact. But human error caused the breach.

After this, Wiki Labs helped them:

• Implement company-wide cybersecurity awareness training

• Deploy two-factor authentication for key workflows

• Establish a verification policy for high-value transactions

📊 Supporting Stats

• Only 41% of employees in Southeast Asia receive regular cyber training (Cisco Cybersecurity Readiness Index)

• 43% of SMEs targeted by attacks don’t survive more than 6 months post-breach (CNBC)

• Multi-departmental security programs reduce attack success rates by 50%+ (IBM)

🔒 Want to strengthen your organisation’s human firewall?
Let Wiki Labs help you build a cyber-aware culture across every department.

🧠 What Businesses Should Start Doing

• Create a cybersecurity culture, not just a compliance checklist

• Conduct department-specific risk assessments

• Train non-technical teams with real-life scenarios they can relate to

• Appoint security champions in each department to reinforce best practices

🛠 How Wiki Labs Helps

Wiki Labs helps businesses build security into every corner of the organisation:

• Cybersecurity workshops tailored for non-IT teams

• Simulated phishing tests and behaviour tracking

• Policy and SOP development across departments

• Technical + human risk mitigation strategy

📩 Want to bring cybersecurity beyond the IT team?

📢 Ready to move beyond passwords and policies?
Empower every department to be your first line of cyber defence — with Wiki Labs.

📚 References

1. Verizon DBIR 2023 – Human Element in Data Breaches

2. Cisco Cybersecurity Readiness Index Southeast Asia

3. IBM X-Force – Behavioural Weaknesses & Organisational Risk