26TH OCT 2023
“Experience is the best teacher,” said Julius Caesar. His words are especially true when you consider the role of phishing awareness emails to employees in improving an organization’s cybersecurity defences.
After all, it only takes one slip to undo everything. While Caesar did not have to contend with pesky phishing emails during the heyday of the mighty Roman Empire, he did have people out to get him. Just ask Brutus, his best friend-turned-betrayer.
To ensure that your organization does not suffer its own “Et tu Brutus” moment from online scammers, we are going to look at the most common methods used to trap you.
FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) received over 300,497 complaints about phishing emails in 2022. These phishing attacks caused an estimated $52 million in loss.
Phishing continues to be a top threat to online security. Con artists use sophisticated social engineering tactics to trick employees into revealing confidential information or downloading malware.
What can organizations do? They need their employees to learn and recognize phishing signs.
By doing so they can:
Prevent malware from infecting computers
Protect all sensitive information from intruders
Comply with data protection guidelines
Improve their organization’s cybersecurity readiness
Achieve peace of mind
Let's see how you can thwart this social engineering scam.
Introducing a culture of cybersecurity into your workplace starts with the most important resource you have - the people. Prioritize educating them with the kind of emails scammers can send their way. This way, you can gauge readiness levels across the organization.
Test employees with these five email templates to improve your cybersecurity awareness training efforts.
Note: Don't forget to click on highlighted areas for more information.
Cybersecurity boils down to people understanding who and what they're dealing with. According to IBM, the pressure exerted by threat actors resulted in 27% of extortion-related attacks in 2023. By learning to identify the most common signs found in phishing emails, your organization can minimize the possibility of sensitive information being stolen. We hope these phishing awareness emails help you kickstart your information security efforts quickly. Be sure to run an internal phishing campaign to determine how ready you are against cyber threats.
Need even more ideas to evaluate your employees? We've got a comprehensive guide to creating a test phishing email strategy for your organization that deserves a look.
