Following is an excerpt from SC Magazine: For IT Security Professionals. It highlights the importance of educating organizational employees against the tactics cybercriminals will use to hack your company network to access valuable company information and your bank accounts.
“If you are going to effectively fight this prevalent form of cybercrime (phishing), you are going to have to have an educated workforce. Since most colleges don't teach social engineering defense skills, it falls on the savvy employer to provide education for their employees. I have long advocated phishing your own employees… “
While it is not that easy to set up an in-house simulated phishing attack on your employees as the author of the article suggests, you can use an existing resource set up exactly for that purpose. KnowBe4 provides a free and safe online way to simulate a phishing attack on as many of your employees as you want. Go to this link to check it out: Free Phishing Security Test.
Jamie Sene
“If you are going to effectively fight this prevalent form of cybercrime (phishing), you are going to have to have an educated workforce. Since most colleges don't teach social engineering defense skills, it falls on the savvy employer to provide education for their employees. I have long advocated phishing your own employees… “
While it is not that easy to set up an in-house simulated phishing attack on your employees as the author of the article suggests, you can use an existing resource set up exactly for that purpose. KnowBe4 provides a free and safe online way to simulate a phishing attack on as many of your employees as you want. Go to this link to check it out: Free Phishing Security Test.
Jamie Sene
