PhishMe has today offered businesses advice of the typical phishing campaigns that circulate at this time of year to spoof employees:
The end of the year provides attackers with a number of potential topics that allow them to take on an authoritative tone and create a sense of urgency for the recipient, including:
Despite a growing number of data breaches occurring under the glare of the public spotlight, 71 percent of employees in a new survey report that they have access to data they should not see, and more than half say that this access is frequent or very frequent.
As attention shifts from sophisticated external attacks to the role that internal vulnerability and negligence often play, a new survey commissioned by Varonis Systems, Inc. and conducted by the Ponemon Institute suggests that most organisations are having difficulty balancing the need for improved security with employee productivity demands. Employees with needlessly excessive data access privileges represent a growing risk for organisations due to both accidental and conscious exposure of sensitive or critical data. The survey report, "Corporate Data: A Protected Asset or a Ticking Time Bomb?" comes from interviews with 2,276 employees in the USA, UK, France and Germany.
Latest developments from BSI:
Inside sales management specification published
As part of an overarching sales strategy, the inside sales management (ISM) methodology which forms the basis for PAS 8401 Implementing an inside sales management methodology – Guide, can help organizations achieve their B2B sales goals. It is the first guidance of its type which not only helps an organization set up an ISM facility, but also guides organizations on how to manage outsourced ISM facilities.
As we're nearing the end of 2014, Stephen Coty, chief security evangelist, Alert Logic, takes a retrospective look at some of the industries hardest hit by data breaches/vulnerabilities and looks to 2015 and beyond to discuss new and emerging malware. For any additional information, or for an interview with Stephen, please do get in touch.
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