User security protects an organization’s users and endpoints from digital threats like malware, unauthorized access, and data breaches.
User security is important because it helps organizations, and their users, protect employee, customer, and corporate data from threats, financial loss, and identity theft. Strong end-user security hygiene can also support regulation compliance, prevent reputational damage, and preserve customer trust.
An end-user’s role in cybersecurity is to practice healthy digital hygiene to help prevent cyberattacks by:
End-user security awareness refers to educating users about online threats and providing them with the best practices to identify and avoid potential risk. By boosting user security awareness and implementing effective security hygiene, users can help lower the organizational risk of cyberattacks.

