FEATURE
BUSINESS CRIME & PROTECTION For Generation Z, however, technology is as fundamental
as breathing. It has existed for them from day one; it is not a later addition. This is appearing to produce a very different type of human being. While still raised with our same life lessons, Generation Z
has a gaping hole. How do we provide guidance for a safe ‘digital’ life? We were not raised with smartphones or superfast broadband and neither were our parents or our grandparents. This is a problem that our society, indeed our species, has never encountered before. Generation Z is being allowed to make up the rules as they go along with little oversight. What is of immediate concern to me is the stark
difference in attitude towards the treatment of information. Generation Z has built a sharing culture with little to nothing out of bounds, hence ‘sexting’. This concept of openness does not translate well to our traditional businesses, where sensitive information is expected to be stored and treated securely. In cyber security the ‘insider threat’ posed by our staff is
increasingly onerous demands of data protection legislation. Already a complex issue, an underlying worsening in attitude towards data protection is likely to seriously hamper compliance activity. I don’t believe that existing cyber awareness training initiatives recognise this fact, nor, ultimately, that training in isolation will be able to correct this deep-rooted flaw. I expect the coincidental timing of new data protection legislation in the UK and the arrival of Generation Z will produce a perfect storm, and I am worried our businesses will struggle to weather it without serious fallout.
‘How can an employer hope to undo 18+ years of social imprinting in a probationary period?’
often a primary consideration and it is widely appreciated that a major hurdle in securing our businesses against cyber threats is education. This process can be relatively straight forward when the learning needs are similar, but what happens when the very foundations of upbringing and technical experience are so vastly different? Simply presenting a different education syllabus on induction can’t hope to disentangle Generation Z’s formative years of personal growth and exploration. How can an employer hope to undo 18+ years of social imprinting in a probationary period? The answer is, they can’t. So what will be the effect on cyber security of Generation
Z entering the workforce? My key concern is that the emerging mentality appears incompatible with the
40 business network June 2017
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