Awareness & Phishing-Trainings

The human factor is often a major risk factor in defending against attacks. Trained employees support the defense with safe behavior and thus contribute to the overall goal.

The human factor is often challenged by constantly improving attack methods and is still frequently the element that ultimately enables access or otherwise responds to attackers (e.g., CEO fraud, changing account data, etc.). Targeted training can reduce this risk factor, employees understand the methods and what is behind them and react accordingly.

Most attackers enter the company primarily through phishing (e-mails with malicious links or attachments), but also through targeted manipulation and blackmail. It therefore makes sense to start right here with targeted awareness measures such as special training courses. In recent years, a lot has happened in the area of training: the courses are easy to follow, fun, and the platforms are not particularly expensive, even in comparison with other security products.
It can also be exciting to use simulated phishing e-mails to see how awareness changes over time and to intervene more intensively.

Furthermore, it is advisable to play out different content in different functions; for example, purchasing is in far more exchange with external parties, receives attachments or links more frequently, and should therefore be specially trained. The same applies to sales. In IT, administrators have a high-risk profile, while in accounting it is a matter of deception when transferring or changing account data. So, each area has its own challenges and many awareness training platforms address these specific issues.

However, the human factor is never “solely to blame” just because it opens the door. Furthermore, some of the attacks are so good that it is difficult to reduce the click rate to 0%. Security is a team sport, the attacker may gain access to a workstation via phishing, continues to work his way through and then often gains higher rights in the system through further searches and begins to spread – this must be worked on by IT and IT security to become more secure as an overall system. Find your suitable provider now with our market studies and receive a “Security Architect as a Service”.