More than ever, employees are the weak link in an organisation’s network security. They are frequently exposed to sophisticated phishing and ransomware attacks. Employees need to be trained and remain on their toes with security top of mind.
Did you know?
• 91% of successful data breaches start with a spear phishing attack
• 10-15% of phishing attacks could be making it through your filters
• Ransomware has increased by 229% since 2017 with nearly 100K attacks daily
• About 30% of data breaches are caused by repeat offenders. This highlights a continued problem: Risk accumulates over time when proper education and reporting do not happen.
Datamills recommends Security Awareness Training and Simulated Phishing Attacks
Because your employees are the weak link, training is vital to keep your business safe. Repeating the training periodically is also important.
It’s easy to fall asleep in mandatory training sessions though! So, the trick is to make it real! That’s where the simulated phishing attacks come in.
Simulated phishing attacks are especially designed (fake) phishing emails sent to your company to test whether or not your staff will fall for them. Have they taken in and learned what they’ve been taught?
These simulations can be used before training starts to see how well equipped your staff are.
Later simulations should show an improved response! (knowing that this is going to happen helps to keep staff conscious of the risks, and continually asking themselves the right questions…)
How does Security Awareness Training help?
Security Awareness Training enables employees to make smarter security decisions by training them to understand the mechanisms of spam, phishing, spear phishing, malware, ransomware, and social engineering, and then applying this knowledge in their day-to-day job. Simply put, it helps you build a human firewall as your last line of defence.
What difference can training and simulated phishing make?
In a study of more than 9 million users across nearly 30000 organisations over a 12-month period, our affiliate found an initial baseline Phishprone percentage of 27% across all industries. After only 90 days of training and simulated phishing, the Phish-prone percentage dropped over half to 13%, and after 12 months, it was minimised to only 2.17% – an astounding 94% improvement in one year after using the platform.
Ask us for more details
You can find out more about our security awareness training and simulated phishing attacks by calling us on 0114 287 0510 or emailing info@datamills.co.uk