Employee Awareness Training on Phishing
Phishing is one of the easiest ways for cyber criminals to steal sensitive information, login credentials and even money. It only takes one employee to click a malicious link or download a malicious attachment for an entire organization to suffer from a devastating data breach. It’s why phishing attacks continue to be the top source of cyber threats, and it’s why employee awareness training is the cornerstone of any company’s security strategy.
Attackers use personal information that’s readily available online (including social media profiles) to create more convincing phishing messages. To help keep personal information private, users should carefully review their social media privacy settings and be wary of sharing too much personal info online.
When assessing whether an email or link is legitimate, pay attention to grammar, spelling, and formatting. Typically, formal communication from banks, credit card companies, payment services or the IRS will contain very few errors, and they will address you personally rather than generically.
Industries that are targeted most often for phishing campaigns include: