PhishMe’s Jim Hansen discussed the problems phishing poses for energy companies with the Houston Chronicle’s FuelFix blog.
UK Employees Receiving up to 10 Phishing Attacks Per Day
A recent survey commissioned by PhishMe revealed that UK employees continue to be targeted by phishing attacks.
18% + of office workers have no security training
A recent survey commissioned by PhishMe in the UK found that more organizations are conducting security training, but there is still room for improvement.
Using The Human Perimeter To Detect Outside Attacks
This Dark Reading article examines how a well-trained workforce can help detect security threats.
Popular holiday-themed phishing attacks
The holidays are a busy time for everyone… especially for hackers trying to phish your employees. Phishing is most effective when it exploits human emotions—fear, greed, anxiousness, curiosity, compassion, getting a good deal—and the holidays tend to bring these emotions out more than other times of the year. This gives adversaries a bevy of relevant topics to use to build phishing campaigns.
How can you ensure your employees are prepared for the onslaught of phishing attacks this holiday season? We’ve mentioned before that training your employees needs to be continuous, and if you have provided immersive security awareness training throughout the year, your employees will be more resilient to phishing attacks at all times. We’ve also noted the need to keep that continuous training fresh, and providing holiday themed training is a great way to provide training that is engaging and timely.
SINET: Startups Push IT Security’s Envelope
PhishMe is proud to be recognized as an innovator in IT security by being named one of the SINET 16.
PhishMe named 2013 Industry Innovator by SC Magazine
PhishMe is excited to be named a 2013 Industry Innovator by SC Magazine.
PhishMe Selected as a 2013 SINET 16 Innovator
CHANTILLY, Va., Nov. 11, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — PhishMe, the leading provider of security behavior management services that improve employees’ resilience towards spear phishing, malware, and drive-by attacks, today announced that it has been selected as a SINET 16 Innovator. PhishMe will present its solution during the SINET Showcase 2013 to be held December 4-5, 2013 at the National Press Club in Washington D.C. The Security Innovation Network™ (SINET) is organization focused on advancing Cybersecurity innovation through public-private collaboration.
Effective security awareness includes everyone
I’m often asked which employees are most likely to be targeted by phishing emails. It’s interesting to think about, but the truth is that adversaries will target whichever employees can offer access to the enterprise’s network—and that could potentially be anyone in your organization. Recent research from ProofPoint confirmed this, finding that staff-level employees were targeted by phishing attacks more often than middle and executive management.
The takeaway here is that for security awareness to be effective, it needs to include everyone in your organization. Aside from the obvious security necessity, including the entire organization in your security awareness initiatives enhances your program in a number of ways.
