Security Awareness

2022 Social Engineering Report

Social engineering is the preeminent component of the overwhelming majority of cyberattacks today. Whether the goal of a threat actor is to directly perpetrate fraud, harvest credentials, or install malware, at some point a human being must be coerced into taking an action on the actors’ behalf. This fact is the basis for Proofpoint’s People-Centric […]

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2022 Cybersecurity Skills Gap

Is the cybersecurity workforce growing fast enough to keep up with new threats? During the last two years, IT teams were forced to rapidly adapt to remote and hybrid work models. While the effort was challenging, the ability to adapt was a safeguard for most organizations. Unfortunately, increases in remote and hybrid work models resulted

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2022 BrightCloud Threat Report

In 2021, many cybersecurity incidents caused experts to shake their heads and left businesses, law enforcement agents and government officials in a state of constant catch-up. Attacks on the supply chain? You bet. The takedown and resurrection of the Emotet botnet? Check. Enhancement of malware techniques to reduce the level of detection on devices? Absolutely.

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2021 Security Awareness Report: Managing Human Cyber Risk

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Security awareness programs have evolved from having a limited compliance focus to becoming a key part of an organization’s ability to manage its human cyber risk. The SANS 2021 Security Awareness ReportTM analyzes the data of over 1,500 security awareness professionals from around the world to identify and benchmark how organizations are managing

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Data Protection for ThinkAgile VX

Business challenges For many organizations, IT complexity is the enemy of business execution. Soaring data volumes combined with a proliferation of new business application services contributes to infrastructure sprawl across the enterprise. IT siloes place undue management burden on administrative personnel and often distracts them from focusing on initiatives that are more strategic to the

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Protecting financial institutions data from ransomware threats

Introduction The financial services industry is an attractive target for ransomware attacks. Personal and commercial financial, banking, trading and superannuation information is arguably some of the most valuable data held by an organisation today. The stakes are incredibly high for the financial services industry to adequately protect and secure their systems. Aside from the obvious

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How to Transform Employee Worst Practices Into Enterprise Best Practices

Preventing your worst data breach nightmare with New School Security Awareness Training Executive Summary The press can’t get enough of corporate data breaches. They delight in showcasing thelatest horror story about a business that lost massive amounts of private records or millions in revenue to the latest hack. You could be next. Despite all the

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