The problem
Eight in 10 data breaches involved human-related vulnerabilities. Source Verizon 2024 Data Breach Investigations Report.
- Business email compromise (BEC) is the largest cybersecurity threat to companies today.
- 74% of all breaches include the human element, with people being involved either via Error, Privilege Misuse, Use of stolen credentials or Social Engineering.
- The three primary ways in which attackers access an organization are stolen credentials, phishing and exploitation of vulnerabilities.
- Average loss per email fraud incident amounts to $123,675 “(2024)
Cyber Simulation Training Makes Employees 50% Less Susceptible to Phishing. Microsoft’s October 2021 Digital Defense Report.
Cyber awareness training is the key to Your employees’ ability to recognize cyber threats. If they don’t know what to look out for, how can they protect your organization against those threats?
Security Awareness Training is your countermeasure to the “Human Element.”
Benefits
- Meet / demonstrate compliance
- Avoid data breaches and required reporting
- Reassuring to customers and suppliers
- Prevents business disruption and reputational damage
- Empowering people
- Automatically enrolls new employees to training
- Insurance companies now ask if you provide training
What is it
The product is a User Security Awareness training for Employees
- It Assesses / Tests via simulated attacks, Trains via training modules & Measures results & progress
- It is constructed by Interakt and so happens as a service. There is nothing required from your end
- It is tailored to your business type, risk and employees including custom simulated attacks (eg from your suppliers)
- 6-12 month reviews and assessments
How to be effective in this space
- Keep it Regular
- Keep it Quick
- Keep it Engaging
- Measure it