Rohyt Belani spoke to SC Magazine UK about recent survey results that revealed a knowledge gap among UK workers regarding the phishing threat.
Punishing users is the wrong approach to improving security behavior
Punishing users for undesired security behavior? We believe that punishing users is a misguided idea that will alienate them and make it difficult to ever improve user security behavior. Every so often, someone in the industry brings up the idea of punishing users as a way of motivating/improving behavior. We hadn’t heard much on this topic since we wrote a post on it back in September; however, it has flared up again.
CNN’s social media accounts compromised by Syrian Electronic Army
Scott Greaux explains how enterprises can defend against the type of social engineering attacks carried out by the Syrian Electronic Army by training their users.
Report: Phishing Attacks Enabled SEA To Crack CNN’s Social Media
While two-factor authentication is an important security measure, Scott Greaux explains why it won’t necessarily prevent phishing attacks like the one the SEA recently carried out against CNN.
Inside the Syrian Electronic Army Hack on CNN
Mashable discusses the Syrian Electronic Army’s recent hack into CNN’s social media account, and PhishMe’s Scott Greaux explains why educated users are the best defense against the SEA’s tactics.
Founder of Mandiant and Chief Operating Officer of FireEye Joins PhishMe Board of Directors
CHANTILLY, Va., Jan. 14, 2014 – PhishMe® Inc. today announced the appointment of Kevin Mandia to its Board of Directors. As the leading provider of immersive security behavior management, PhishMe helps enterprises improve employee resilience to and reporting of targeted phishing, malware, and drive-by attacks – the most common attack vectors used to compromise corporate and government networks today.
Will UK Government’s Cyber Streetwise Campaign Make a Difference? We Ask the Experts
PhishMe’s Scott Greaux offered his perspective on the best way for a government to participate in cyber security awareness initiatives.
The Evolution of Cyber Security
In a piece for Silicon India, Rohyt Belani describes how the field of cyber security has rapidly transformed from an afterthought to an important priority for enterprises.