People ask me what better way to protect businesses from ever increasing pandemic of cyber threats and cyberattacks. I say the best way to protect your businesses against cyber threats is to raise Cyber Awareness.
A critical component of a good cyber security plan is knowing where you are vulnerable. Also finding out which of your colleagues are the most susceptible to cyberattacks.
As Cyber threats rise, most users click on a phishing email link leading to a data leak and monetary loss. Your company faces the penalty for being non-compliant with the Cyber Security laws. It is the need of the hour to know and learn how to identify, prevent, and report to the IT team when you see phishing emails.
Let us see what could happen to businesses due to data breaches.
Is Phishing Simulation Awareness Necessary for Business?
Businesses use state-of-the-art email security solutions. However human error occurs due to lack of awareness or due to fatigue or due to lack of 100% attention due to multi-tasking. And some human errors are out of scope of email security solutions.
“For example:
I am a user of an ABCC company. I have the habit of swiftly responding to emails. I do not click on unknown email links in a jiff. I am being thorough every time.
I am burnt out after back-to-back meetings and responding to emails on a Friday evening. As I leave work in a hurry, I receive an email with a familiar sender’s name. The email shows a timesheet to fill in for the week. I click the email link and login in to perform the requested action. BOOM! I become a cyber victim.”
Investing in Phishing Simulation Solution
Businesses must invest in Phishing Simulation training programs. We, users, become victims of phishing cyberattacks at the end of the day. The phishing simulation program measures email-borne cyber risks. The most cost-effective tool for raising awareness is an Email Phishing Simulation Program.
Phishing simulation software program does the following:
- Send emails by mimicking the email templates landing in your colleagues’ inboxes.
- You can record your colleagues’ interactions with such fake email phishing attempts.
- You get to know which of your colleagues fall for clickbait and end up sharing user information.
- A report with a Phish-Prone Percentage (PPP) gets generated for your review.
Based on the report, you get clarity on which of your colleagues are at high risk of falling for phishing scams. Thus, start training and awareness among those high-risk phish-prone colleagues. As per statistics, businesses see a reduction in users susceptible to phishing scams due to such simulation programs.
Wrap Up
The Phish-Prone Percentage (PPP) does not reduce on day one. Yet, users with regular security awareness and training help in reducing the PPP. Hence, we must educate the users about the do’s and don’ts when it comes to handling unknown phishing emails.
Provide Phishing Cyber Security awareness training to all your IT and non-IT users. Invest in good Phishing simulation software for your organization.
Collaborate with a specialized Cyber Security company like SNS ( [email protected] )! We can get the best-in-class Phishing simulation to reduce cyber risks to a great extent.
ABOUT SNS
Secure Network Solutions (SNS) provides a quantifiable, risk-based approach to building a global structure of cyber security infrastructure based on internationally recognized frameworks and practices. We have been providing services and catering to clients across industries for the last 22 years. Write to us at [email protected] or visit us at www.snsin.com.
