The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 13, 2021

The question isn’t whether we should educate children about online safety, but how we can best inspire them to learn to be thoughtful, careful, and safe in the cyber world for their lifetime. For example, kids may understand that a thief can break into a house through a window to steal something. Lead by example.

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IBM Big Data Hub

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Filling these vacancies has become a security imperative, and several global compliance mandates have been established to tackle the issue. For example, in the US, the 2023-2025 CISA Cybersecurity Strategic Plan aims to increase basic-level cyber skills across the country, transform cyber education and boost the cyber workforce.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 20, 2023

For example, Mitnik received eight months in solitary confinement because a federal judge was convinced that Mitnick could hack into U.S. Mitnik claimed that the government was less worried about the accuracy of the charges and more worried about making an example of Mitnik to discourage other hackers.

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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. The approach should be two-fold, focused on balancing education with a robust technological safety net. This will ultimately help ensure the business stays safe,” he adds.

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

PhishMe’s online forum provides a series of scenarios, landing pages, attachments and educational pages. This is a platform for security awareness training and simulated phishing tests focusing on the problem of social-engineering. Employees can account for any suspicious emails, through an easy report feature, Knowbe4.

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 23, 2019

See also: Government surveys further education providers before Brexit. The course content is updated quarterly to provide the latest real-world examples of phishing emails. Plus, when you sign up for the course, you’ll receive a free monthly security awareness newsletter that provides updated tips.

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KnowBe4

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Live Demo] Ridiculously Easy Security Awareness Training and Phishing. Old-school awareness training does not hack it anymore. Join us TOMORROW, Wednesday, December 7 @ 2:00 PM (ET) , for a live demo of how KnowBe4 introduces a new-school approach to security awareness training and simulated phishing.

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The Falcon's View

OCTOBER 31, 2017

Most security awareness programs and practices are horrible BS. After all, awareness budgets are tiny, the people running these programs tend to be poorly trained and uneducated, and in general there's a ton of misunderstanding about the point of these programs (besides checking boxes). Awareness as Communication.

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KnowBe4

OCTOBER 23, 2018

Our recently released 2018 State of Privacy and Security Awareness Report found that 75% of U.S. employees lack at least some awareness toward threats to cybersecurity and data privacy. This is why security awareness education covering a wide variety of topics is so important.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 23, 2023

Individuals and organizations should prioritize security awareness training, implement email security measures, and encourage vigilance when dealing with unusual or urgent requests. How Spear Phishing Works Spear phishing requires significant research on the part of the attacker for it to be successful.

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Data Matters

MARCH 28, 2022

For example, the number of breaches of unsecured electronic Personal Health Information (“ePHI”) reported to the OCR affecting 500 or more individuals due to hacking or IT incidents increased 45% from 2019 to 2020. implement a security awareness and training program for all workforce members pursuant to the HIPAA Security Rule.

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 29, 2018

Yet staff awareness and education are key components of any organisation’s GDPR compliance framework. . Without an effective staff awareness programme, your organisation runs the risk of breaching the Regulation, which can have serious consequences. . 5 ) Focus on behaviour, not knowledge . 6 ) Time it right .

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 29, 2018

Yet staff awareness and education are key components of any organisation’s GDPR compliance framework. . Without an effective staff awareness programme, your organisation runs the risk of breaching the Regulation, which can have serious consequences. . 5 ) Focus on behaviour, not knowledge . 6 ) Time it right .

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AIIM

MAY 20, 2021

It creates an environment that encourages the impartation of education to staff members who need it to do their jobs better. Let the marketing team attend the sales team meetings, for example. Have Regular Staff Training: Have ongoing data security awareness and training programs to minimize the risk of employee carelessness.

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KnowBe4

AUGUST 5, 2019

My colleagues at MediaPRO and I have historically had loads to say about the importance of security awareness, and there’s always more to say on that subject. More and more I’m hearing talk of “culture change” and of “creating security cultures”—conversations that go well beyond mere awareness. I’m sure you’re asking.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 29, 2024

Blocking data access, limiting user privileges, or terminating suspicious processes are all examples of actions that can be taken to reinforce security standards and reduce the risk of data breaches or unauthorized disclosures. This enables data-driven decision-making and ongoing improvement of data security.

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KnowBe4

JULY 5, 2023

This latest impersonation campaign makes the case for ensuring users are vigilant when interacting with the web – something accomplished through continual Security Awareness Training. To ensure that you get the most recent security fixes, enable automatic updates whenever possible." reports.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 21, 2023

This article will provide some insights into current phishing methods cyber-criminals leverage to exploit human behavior, performance metrics useful for measuring organizational resiliency to phishing, and examples of free tools that can be leveraged to conduct internal simulated phishing exercises.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 13, 2021

It’s a striking example of the importance of the human factor in IT security. There may be good security settings and configurations, but people can choose not to use them. Education is Key to Better Security. Obviously, the targeted organization had security breaches. Bad habits can change, of course.

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KnowBe4

JUNE 27, 2023

With workplaces in transition, some scammers are using texts to perpetrate old-school forms of fraud – for example, fake 'mystery shopper' jobs or bogus money-making offers for driving around with cars wrapped in ads," the report says. Of course, user education can also sensitize people to this kind of scam.

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IBM Big Data Hub

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

For example, spear phishing messages include phone numbers the target can call for confirmation; the numbers are answered by fraudulent reps. Example of a spear phishing attack In August 2022, cloud-based communication giant Twilio suffered a sophisticated spear phishing attack that compromised its network.

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KnowBe4

JUNE 20, 2023

As an example, in Basic Web Application Attacks, the use of stolen credentials was involved in 86% of attacks. A specific example of their actions involved using a fake job offer to trick a startup into losing over $600 million. million simulated phishing security tests. US officials have confirmed this news.

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KnowBe4

APRIL 11, 2023

We already know that 10% of threats get past security solutions, so we're left with educating the user to stop attacks. Despite 71% of the survey respondents stating they had security awareness training in place, 40% do not conduct regular training, 16% only perform ad hoc training, and 9% only push training when an incident occurs.

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The Falcon's View

AUGUST 29, 2017

For those unfamiliar with Fogg's work, he started out doing research on Persuasive Technology back in the 90s, which has become the basis for most modern uses of technology to influence people (for example, use of Facebook user data to influence the 2016 US Presidential Election). release, expected sometime soon).

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

For example, a client (mobile app) registering with the Google Photos Authorization Server receives a client_id and a client_secret. The frictionless use of services like Spotify, where access is accelerated by a single login via Facebook or Gmail, serves as an example of this. This measure minimizes exposure to potential attackers.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 14, 2023

Policies, procedures, and user training : educate users, IT staff, and security teams regarding expectations, rules of behavior, standards, and methods of maintaining security and addressing incidents. For example, hackers can use packet sniffers or a phishing link using a man-in-the-middle attack. or network traffic.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 9, 2024

Explore the IT infrastructure analysis portion of our security checklist: Cybersecurity Training Cybersecurity training is a workforce initiative that helps all employees identify threats and potential attacks. Social engineering, for example, is a threat that makes use of human vulnerabilities for illegal access.

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The Falcon's View

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

We've been talking about security automation and orchestration for several years now, but it's often been with only a handful of examples, and generally quick forward-looking. We're just now finally reaching the point where the automation message is being picked up in the mainstream and more expansive examples are emerging.

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Data Matters

APRIL 23, 2018

These core functions are helpful in describing the benchmarks by which an organization may evaluate its information security program, cybersecurity preparedness, and maturity.

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KnowBe4

MAY 31, 2023

The next layer in your defense should be a user that's properly educated using security awareness training to easily identify financial fraud and other phishing-based threats, stopping them before they do actual damage. The CSA provides hunting guidance, best practices, examples of the actor's commands, and detection signatures.

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KnowBe4

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

For example, in the U.S., CONTINUED] at the KnowBe4 blog: [link] [Live Demo] Ridiculously Easy Security Awareness Training and Phishing Old-school awareness training does not hack it anymore. An important part of an effective defense against VEC is new-school security awareness training.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 9, 2023

Holm Security VMP. Best for: Small businesses that want to incorporate employee security awareness too. Holm Security VMP is a next-generation vulnerability management platform that helps detect vulnerabilities across your enterprise network and human assets in a single integrated platform. Key Differentiators.

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KnowBe4

OCTOBER 2, 2019

National Cybersecurity Awareness Month is the perfect time to think holistically about security awareness. National Cybersecurity Awareness Month (NCSAM) is well underway! A cybersecure workforce does not come from a one-and-done approach to teaching security best practices. We certainly hope not! Our advice?

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KnowBe4

MAY 2, 2023

A cardplayer yawns when they're about to bluff, for example, or someone's pupils dilate when they've successfully drawn a winning card. In the near term, new-school security awareness training can help alert your people to the tells of automated scamming. Don't let this happen to your C-level executives!

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KnowBe4

MARCH 7, 2023

New-school security awareness training teaches your employees to recognize social engineering tactics so they can avoid falling for phishing attacks. New-school security awareness training gives your org an essential last layer of defense by teaching your employees how to thwart social engineering attacks.

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KnowBe4

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Employees play a role in organizational cybersecurity – Reddit mentions that "soon after being phished, the affected employee self-reported, and the security team responded quickly, removing the infiltrator's access and commencing an internal investigation." You can now be a leader in the security awareness and culture profession.

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