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Elevating Your Defenses with NetSPI’s Updated Social Engineering Solutions 

NetSpi Executives

Although many companies are adding new processes, technologies, and training materials to combat this, employees continue to fall victim to phishing, vishing, and other forms of social engineering attacks. For further information on each of our unique Social Engineering Pentesting solutions, check out our data sheet or contact us.

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Security Roundup August 2023

BH Consulting

The agency’s ninth Internet Organised Crime Assessment (IOCTA) 2023 report gives a law enforcement perspective on current cybercrime techniques. Its findings are valuable for security professionals too. SANS Institute, which gathered the data, says security awareness programmes are essential to mitigating that risk.

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IDENTITY MANAGEMENT DAY 2023: Advice from Cyber Pros

CyberSecurity Insiders

We spoke with our blog volunteers to get their insights into what best practices their companies are following, along with how you can get on a path to better identity management. Why is identity management and security important in 2023? “In Security awareness programs for all employees.

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Security Roundup May 2023

BH Consulting

Say it again, I double dare you Anyone familiar with phishing and social engineering will know scammers often use psychological tricks to get victims to divulge personal data. This knowledge could also help security professionals with developing or updating security awareness programmes.

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Magnificent Seven: Celebrating Great Women in Cybersecurity and Data Protection

BH Consulting

Valerie Lyons BH Consulting’s Chief Operations Officer and a Senior Cybersecurity and Data Protection Consultant, Dr. Valerie Lyons is a published author of ‘The Privacy Leader Compass’, which in just a few short weeks at the end of 2023, became the year’s bestselling title in its category.

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QR Phishing. Fact or Fiction?

Pen Test Partners

October 2023’s Cyber Security Awareness Month led to a flurry of blog posts about a new attack called Quishing (QR Code phishing) and how new AI powered email gateways can potentially block these attacks. Currently, most initial access attempts are carried out with social engineering, commonly phishing.

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How to Stop Phishing Attacks with Protective DNS

Security Boulevard

This blog examines the escalating phishing landscape, shortcomings of common anti-phishing approaches, and why implementing a Protective DNS service as part of a layered defense provides the most effective solution. Phishing is now the most common initial attack vector, overtaking stolen or compromised credentials.

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