While the digital landscape remains a dangerous playing field, companies in every industry are all but required to take to the web. In the purview of hackers is the enterprise, and often those rendering a company’s data vulnerable are the very same people tasked with its oversight. Phishing is a method of choice for many hackers, and many have taken to email to get employees to make that fatal click to open the doors to a company.
“Phishing scams are easy for criminals to run, and quite simply they work,” said Al Himler, senior director of product management at Wombat Security Technologies. Referring to research conducted by his company, he said, “We know that when companies first start working with us, nearly 16 percent of their end users click on simulated phishing emails. Whether you are a company of 10 or 10,000, that is a disturbing number, but very appealing odds for an attacker.”
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