According to Verizon Business Reports, 85% of breaches involve the human element. This means that breaches happen because employees are clicking on links in phishing emails without knowing that they’re putting the entire company at risk. Phishing is one of the top ways to access IT assets and hackers know it.
These emails might look like they’re from a trustworthy source or a familiar company, but these phishing emails can put you, your clients, and your company’s data at risk. Selling data is not uncommon for hackers using phishing. Just think of all the information your company has been entrusted with suddenly breached.
It’s nearly impossible to recover from the bad press of a data breach. One simple click from an unsuspecting employee and your whole company could be under fire for negligence. So how do you protect your company from this kind of attack? Simple. Education.
Train Your Staff on The Dangers of Phishing
Investing in training for your entire staff on the dangers of phishing will put an added layer of protection between your company and external threats. You don’t ever want to leave your company unprotected from human error, so education is your best asset to avoid data breaches via phishing.
Make sure the training you implement is thorough and covers every single type of phishing email. Whether it’s a fake invoice, an email upgrade, or a fraudulent Dropbox link. The key to educating your staff is exposing them to the hallmarks of phishing so they learn to recognize it and NOT CLICK ANYTHING. Employees can’t be phished if they never click on suspicious links.
Where to Find Employee Phishing Prevention Training
While there are many companies that offer some sort of phishing prevention training, how can you be sure it’s completely comprehensive? Unfortunately, that’s a whole job on its own. You will have to interview each company and discuss exactly what you want to see in the training to find out if they are a good fit. It can be extremely tedious and time-consuming.
However, there is another option. Invest in full cybersecurity from Computek. We offer protection against external threats, ransomware, phishing, and viruses in addition to providing training for your staff. Our phishing recognition training provides your staff with a fully comprehensive education on how to recognize phishing, what to do if you receive a phishing email, and the processes to prevent it in the future.
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