“Most modern cyber-attacks are ignited with a phishing email. Since the attack vector is digital, we are instinctually inclined to look for a digital solution. After all, computers can run complex algorithms, they don’t get tired, and they provide 24/7 support, nearly always at peak performance levels,” says PhishMe Co-founder and CTO Aaron Higbee in his article Balancing humans and machines.
“However, it seems companies can see benefits from involving their employees in cybersecurity if these same employees don’t act as liabilities. What companies really need are employees conditioned to respond to cyber-attacks – who can respond appropriately almost without thinking, even in stressful situations.”
Surveys show that behavioural conditioning can decrease employees’ likelihood of responding to a malicious email by 97% after just four simulations – learning exercises where companies phish their people.
The rationale behind its effectiveness is that it goes beyond making users aware that a threat exists, and forces them to practice responding constantly.
To this end, PhishMe has developed Human Phishing Defense solutions provide comprehensive phishing defence from the inbox to the SOC, conditioning users to recognise and report phishing attacks while eliminating phishing related breaches by speeding the collection and response of phishing threats in real time.
With more than 90% of breaches caused as a result of spear-phishing, it’s no surprise that more than half of the Fortune 100 trusts PhishMe to help neutralise this dangerous attack vector.
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