Effectively identifying and responding to phishing attacks

 

156 million phishing emails are sent
16 million phishing emails get through security filters and into inboxes
8 million phishing emails are opened and 800,000 links in those emails are clicked
80,000 recipients fall for a phishing scam

47% of cyber security attacks such as social engineering, spear phishing and ransomware attacks are that are financial motivated. With Partners First, you can easily conduct simulated phishing attacks to test employees' security awareness. Our Phishing Simulator allows you to create custom groups with as many phishing targets as you would like. You can target any employee or group of employees with a simulated spear phishing attack.  Our Phishing Simulator allows you to craft a simple email message and send it to one or several recipients using a specified mail server. You can create multiple tests targeting specific groups with one of our custom-built phishing templates or you can create your own test using our Phishing Template Builder. Spear phishing is a common everyday occurrence and a phishing awareness training program is critical to preventing these scams.

Phishing attacks manipulate unsuspecting users to perform an action, such as visiting a website that actually facilitates an attack against that individual or associated company. Phishing is the most popular avenue of social engineering, and it continues to be the most successful attack sector. As such, organizations in all industries need to ensure their users are able to identify and respond to phishing attacks.

Successful phishing attacks result in harvested credentials, compromised users, fraudulent wire transfers and massive data breaches. A lack of security awareness is the reason these attacks are so frequent and effective.

Partner’s First advisors can help you understand your organization's susceptibility to phishing attacks by conducting a phishing quiz to evaluate your level of user awareness. In addition, Partner’s First phishing tool, simulates real-world email phishing attacks, and is perfect for testing and promoting user awareness. It features an easy to use, adaptable architecture allowing you full control over your email phishing campaigns.

Partner’s First runs campaigns ranging from simple awareness training to more complicated scenarios to harvest user credentials. Using these campaigns, you can identify the effectiveness of your security awareness training, where weaknesses are and any individuals who may need special attention.

Security awareness training can only take you so far. Partner’s First puts the power of improving user awareness in your hands, allowing you to collect metrics and track trends in user awareness. The more you test, the easier it is for your users to identify a real attack and report it according to your policies.