Why does security awareness matter?

We each receive 5 phishing emails per day on average.

Ransomware infects a business every 14 seconds and costs businesses $5 million on average.

27.9% of businesses experience data breaches each year, and 9.6% of those who suffer a breach go out of business.

The average financial cost is in the neighborhood of $8.19m, and 93.8% of the time, they're caused by human error.



So what can you do?

Because it's getting more and more dangerous to function online...

Security awareness is CRITICAL.

Most importantly, we (the security experts) need YOU to help keep things secure.

That's right.

In 2020, security is more than an IT or Security department function.

"Very nice cyber security course! Took the entire thing a few months ago, and I find that it was comprehensive and was well written out that a user of any experience would be able to understand this!"


- Warren from Texas, US.

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Hi, I'm David McHale.


I’m a professional security consultant that’s helped people from dozens of organizations learn how to defend themselves from increasingly crafty cyber criminals.

Some of the organizations that have depended on my help in recent years include the Department of Transportation, the Federal Aviation Administration, the Federal Highway Administration, and the Department of the Interior. 

It is becoming increasingly important for organizations to develop a culture that prioritizes cyber security. 

The training and security implementation are no longer soIely IT or security team functions.

They are now functions for everyone.

I'm here to help each and every one of us to learn how to better protect ourselves, our families, and our employers.