While many organizations rely on employee training to help mitigate the risks of spear phishing, such efforts are generally ineffective, says Eric Johnson of Vanderbilt University, who explains why a ...

Phishing defense company Cofense Inc. today announced major updates to its phishing defense platform with the launch of Smart Reinforcement in its Security Awareness Training solution and the release ...

A new study by a security training company has found that even a few months of security awareness instruction can have a big impact on how well recipients respond to phishing attempts. In the ...

Over the last several years, phishing simulations have become seen as the equivalent to security awareness training. The result is many organizations are only providing phishing simulation to their ...

Despite being one of the oldest types of cyber attacks—dating back to the 1980s—phishing continues to plague businesses of all types as one of the most significant cyber threats today. The recent ...

This article is more than 9 years old. Simulated phishing attack training yields up to a 37 percent return on investment, according to that Ponemon study. Training employees by having them experience, ...

Don't click on that email! Find everything you need to know in this phishing guide including how to protect yourself from one of the most common forms of cyber attack. Read now Security and phishing ...

Phishing attempts are up as people are forced to work from home, so training your staff on how to spot phishing attacks is crucial. Phishing is incredibly common. In 2018, 83% of people received ...

Researchers have tested the effectiveness of various phishing training courses in a study involving 19,000 test subjects. The result: training courses help less than expected. A large-scale study on ...

Weak employee training is the main reason industries are left vulnerable to phishing cyber attacks — this is the conclusion of Proofpoint’s fourth annual 2019 Beyond the Phish report, based on data ...