Phishing attacks, whereby cybercriminals send emails, text messages or instant messages containing malicious software (malware) or links to harmful websites, to groups of unsuspecting recipients, remain by far the most common and widespread type of cyber-attack today. A form of social engineering in which threat actors try to steal confidential, sensitive or personal information, a successful phishing campaign can, in the worst-case scenario, lead to a damaging and extremely expensive ransomware attack.

While filters mostly prevent such emails from reaching their intended targets, the sheer volume of global daily email traffic means that huge numbers of suspicious emails still drop into people’s work and personal inboxes every day. When employees are focused on their work, are unguarded or are thinking about other things (perhaps the very topic in the email’s subject heading), they can often open a harmful email and click before they realise what they’ve done. Many are unaware that the links pose a risk to their organisation.

Our Phishing Protection & Simulation service is designed to help organisations train their team members to be much more aware and guarded when it comes to cyber security. We run tailored campaigns to test your employees’ ability to recognise unsafe emails and show how they should respond, which ultimately empowers them to help protect your business. Rather than increasing the overall risk exposure of your organisation, we give them the knowledge to act appropriately and decrease your risk.

Cybercriminals always want to find the easiest way to breach IT systems, so why not turn what could be your weakest link into another line of defence to keep them out?

This service complements our Vulnerability Management service, which focuses on your IT environment.