IT Governance

APRIL 9, 2018

Fortunately, two recent reports have indicated that most organisations are well aware of the threat of phishing. They are certainly helped by the frequency with which their employees are targeted, with Proofpoint’s Understanding Email Fraud Survey finding that 75% of organisations had been hit by at least one spear phishing email.

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Phishing Security awareness Education Risk 72

IT Governance

JULY 3, 2019

For example, Proofpoint’s Understanding Email Fraud Survey has found that 75% of organisations had been hit by at least one spear phishing email in 2018. There are several ways you can address the risk of phishing. You may also benefit from a thorough re-evaluation of your approach to cyber security.

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Phishing Security awareness Education Risk 62

The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

The challenge of the moment is that many companies already have their hands full trying to improve their security posture as they migrate their legacy, on premises, IT systems to the cloud. IoT risks have been a low-priority, subset concern. DigiCert is a leading supplier of digital certificates and related security services.

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IoT Passwords Artificial Intelligence Risk 279

IT Governance

MAY 15, 2024

As such, the Standards also list explicit physical security controls, which organisations must either implement or justify why they don’t need to in their SoA (Statement of Applicability) to certify against ISO 27001. This included conducting physical security surveys of British Army bases in the south of England.

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Security Information Security Access Cloud 52

IT Governance

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

Employees don’t have to disappear for a day or two to take a course; they can study in their own time and can even do it in the office, ensuring that they’re available should an urgent work issue come up. Yet many organisations are ignoring this solution while also admitting that their security defences aren’t adequate.

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Security Information Security Government Security awareness 67

IT Governance

JULY 29, 2019

And these attacks are on the rise – Proofpoint’s 2019 State of the Phish Report reveals that 83% of survey respondents experienced phishing attacks in 2018. According to the research, 52% of users receive training no more than twice per year, and 6% of users have never received security awareness training.

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Phishing Ransomware Security awareness Data breaches 94

IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

53% of those surveyed said that they had experienced scammers impersonating their boss. 37% of employees admitted that they didn’t know what to look out for in a fraudulent email or didn’t have any security measures in place. Don’t take the risk – educate your staff. 52% said that had experienced scammers posing as suppliers.

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Phishing Security awareness Education Risk 83