Will Spotting 23 Simple Phishing Cues Help Prevent Cyber Breaches

These 23 Phishing Cues Could Help Prevent Cyber Breaches

ByClaudiu Popa

Depending on whose statistics you trust, cybercrime will cost the world almost $10 Trillion* in 2024 and 91% of breaches start with phishing.**

Weaponized email attacks are notoriously difficult to identify because they use social engineering, fear and urgency to trigger an impulsive reaction.

But what if I told you it’s as easy as spotting just 5 types of phishing cues***? Take a look at the table below and share it with your group.

Prevent: Could it make it easier to prevent a data breach?

Detect: Will employees be able to confidently flag scams and fraud?

Respond: Can you use it to improve security awareness training?

With thanks to the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) for publishing their handy Phish Scale, The KnowledgeFlow Cybersafety Foundation is already using it to hackproof nonprofit organizations and make communities Unhackable on World Children’s Day 2023!

*Cybersecurity Ventures **Deloitte ***NIST TN2276

Deloitte

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