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Unscammable: The Guide to Fostering a Culture of Security Awareness

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Securance has more than two decades of experience helping organizations combat evolved cyber threats, build effective risk management programs, align with compliance standards, and increase operational efficiency. Our comprehensive approach integrates proven methodologies, dependable expertise, and each customer’s unique requirements to maximize the benefits and long term value of each assessment.

INTRODUCTION

Human error accounts for most cyber breaches and incidents. In fact, 77 percent of successful social engineering attacks originate from a phishing email. Software and systems are coded to perform certain tasks and be aware of only those things they are programmed to notice. Humans, however, are curious, and trickable, as we see from the mounting success of social engineering attacks, such as phishing, pretexting, and baiting. In plainer terms, most breaches do not happen in isolation. They happen because someone made a choice. User decision-making is a threat to enterprise security. The question is, how do organizations inform or control what choice an employee will make in a social engineering situation? The answer might not surprise you. It’s education and reinforcement. Through education, humans gain mindfulness of their actions, which leads to healthy habits and safer decisions. When this education is reinforced, particularly from the management level, it’s even more effective.

Over 3.4 billion email scams or phishing emails are sent every day. This adds up to 1 trillion email scams per year.

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