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Best of KB4-CON 2024: The State of Phishing, Hacking and Security Awareness Training

Tech Republic Security

We know what went on at security awareness training vendor KnowBe4’s seventh annual KB4-CON user conference in Florida. From March 4-6, close to 1,700 people heard about cybersecurity matters and the two-edged sword that is artificial intelligence.

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Security Awareness Training: What Does a Phishing Email Look Like?

CompTIA on Cybersecurity

Learn why phishing emails are a threat to organizations and how your can train your employees to spot one.

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How to improve security awareness and training for your employees

Tech Republic Security

Just training people periodically using generic content won’t help them or your organization reduce the risk of security threats, says Egress. The post How to improve security awareness and training for your employees appeared first on TechRepublic.

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Recognizing and Reporting Phishing

Duo's Security Blog

Once delivered, a phish typically wants to invoke emotion and prey on our natural desires to act and help fix a problem, such as “you have to do X, or else X will happen”. Phishing requires you to act with a specific set of instructions Don’t engage and trust nothing. Look beyond the email sender and website URLs used.

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Cyber Security Awareness Month – Answering Google’s Most Commonly Asked Questions

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Cyber Security Awareness Month – Answering Google’s Most Commonly Asked Questions madhav Wed, 10/18/2023 - 05:25 This month is Cyber Security Awareness Month , highlighting how far security education needs to go in order to enable a secure interconnected world. Data Sovereignty What is data sovereignty?

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Cofense Adds Vishing Simulation to its Popular PhishMe® Email Security Awareness Training

Security Boulevard

December 13, 2023 – Cofense, the leading provider of email security awareness training (SAT) and advanced phishing detection and response (PDR) solutions, today announced a first-of-its-kind, fully managed and customizable vishing security solution. LEESBURG, Va.

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3 Realities of Building a Security Awareness Training Program

Security Boulevard

Security awareness training is a critical aspect of cybersecurity strategy because between 82% and 95% of security incidents can be attributed to human-related causes rather than a failure of cybersecurity technology.