IT Insight: Phishing and social awareness

Phishing scams are a big business, and every organization is at risk. As scammers get more sophisticated in the way that they target your company and employees with malicious emails, it becomes crucial that you have a powerful phishing and cyber security solution in place that stops scammers in their tracks.

Your managed service provider can ensure that your organization is fully protected, at every level. Good managed phishing services combine an experienced team of technicians with cutting-edge security technology to guard your business against even the most advanced phishing attacks.

You need a customized protection plan for your organization that includes education and awareness training, comprehensive reporting, proactive monitoring and more – all designed to successfully combat your susceptibility to phishing attacks and ensure a fast, on-demand response to threats.

A proactive managed phishing solution includes end-to-end managed phishing services to protect your business from email compromise, account takeover, spear phishing attacks, and other targeted threats as they evolve and should include the following:

• A tailored phishing protection strategy – Cyber Security Specialists can design and implement a customized protection plan for your organization that includes the latest security technology and integrations, global threat intelligence, proactive investigation, and analysis.
• Expert training for your staff – Your employees are your first and best defense against phishing attacks. Empower your staff with the knowledge and skills they need to detect and report malicious threats so you can drastically reduce your exposure to even the most advanced phishing threats.
• Custom Video Library – Access to an updated resource library so you can stay up to date on phishing, compliance, and cybersecurity. Reinforce your employee’s knowledge against phishing attacks. Up to date information and resources will empower your staff with the knowledge and skills they need to detect and report malicious scams.
• Round-the-clock monitoring, detection, and incident response – A team of Security Specialists that are available and on-call 24/7 for rapid threat detection and remediation is necessary. Immediate and decisive verification to phishing threats is your best defense, because scammers are not limited to just work hours, and neither should your security team.

Your users are your front line when it comes to phishing defense. 100% of the phish that are detected are reported by users, while 0% were stopped by perimeter technology. Secure email gateways will inevitably fail. Make sure your employees are ready, active defenders — not targets — with proper phishing awareness training. Your employees need to be conditioned to spot and report phishing emails immediately. Phishing simulation training is based on the latest threats and empowers your employees to become your front-line defense against these scammers. With your staff attuned to the latest phish scams and threats, you will have the best organizational defense in place.

Threats to your business are constantly evolving. Active threat scenarios are the most relevant and up-to-date and informed by intelligence gathered from the millions of real phishing threats analyzed by the Cofense Phishing Defense Center™, Cofense Intelligence™, and Cofense Labs™ are great ways to train and practice. Even better, a customized program which allows complete phishing simulation scenarios, landing pages, attachments, videos, and educational content can be configured for your team in just a few clicks. Customization should be content based on your environment, industry, line of business applications and how you work.

The most important part of your phishing defense is reporting and resiliency rates. Boost reporting and help your employees become active defenders. By utilizing automated board reports, you can easily monitor program performance, reporting data, and your organization’s change in resiliency.

Start is by registering now for this upcoming Webinar:

Protecting Your Business from a Cyber Security Breach on Thursday, May 24 from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. at https://www.pcgit.com/having-a-true-cyber-security-plan/.

Phishing – Don’t Get Reeled In!

JoAnn Hodgdon is vice president and co-founder of Portsmouth Computer Group (PCGiT) with her husband David. PCG provides comprehensive managed IT services, business continuity, security, cloud computing and Virtual CIO services to their clients.  You may reach her at joann@pcgit.com or at www.pcgit.com.