The first step to making end users more resistant to cyber threats is making them more aware of the security risk. That’s why cybersecurity awareness training is the foundation of making end users less vulnerable.
Simulated attacks, especially those that mimic real-world techniques, can help identify who’s most susceptible and to what tactics.
For true resilience, your phishing training simulations should reflect current, real-world attacks trends. The most effective training imitates on your organization’s unique attack profile, drawing on both internal threat activity and external threat trends.
The cybersecurity solution should make reporting phishing and other security threats easy—a single click within end users’ email application. Email flagged by users should take priority for analysis. And verified threats should be automatically quarantined or, if they’ve already been delivered, removed from users’ inboxes.
The best security awareness and training solutions identify end users that appear especially prone to clicking unsafe emails for follow-up training, ideally in real time.
Restricting or revoking VPN access. Blocking access to compromised and unsafe websites and file-sharing services. Updating network access controls and application control systems.