Identity theft and imposter scams were some of the top fraud techniques employed by scammers to defraud users out of $5.9 billion in 2021, according to data from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC).
Security talks to Jann Yogman, who has written and produced comedy for Michael J. Fox, Dana Carvey and Conan O'Brien during his career. Yogman brought his comedy skills to Mimecast to help out with cybersecurity awareness training, structuring the program like seasons of a situation comedy, with actual comedic actors playing repeating characters.
Maintaining security awareness is something that many companies struggle to maintain, particularly in the logistics and transportation sectors. Even though there are major threats to these industries, awareness of threats remains low.
nVisium released the findings of their recent research which explores the current state of cybersecurity awareness and security training initiatives within today’s remote workforce. The research reveals that only 35% of respondents classify security awareness training as a ‘top priority’ while working remotely, and nearly half say that their DevOps teams are not experts in understanding how to protect at home wireless networks.
Security awareness training is no longer a “nice-to-have” for organizations. End users have become a critical component of effective security postures. Employees must have a strong understanding of cybersecurity best practices and learn how to detect and defend against targeted attacks. This shift in priority is needed to address an ongoing trend in the larger threat landscape. Cybercriminals have moved away from complicated, time-consuming technical exploits to concentrate on end users, a large and frequently vulnerable attack surface. Small or large, nearly every attack now begins in the same way: by relentlessly targeting people through email, social networks, and/or cloud and mobile applications.
The Kobe Bryant and Gianna Bryant Helicopter Safety Act, which will require the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to strengthen federal safety standards for helicopters.
Phishing attacks topped the list of concerns for decision makers with nearly 75 percent of executives citing phishing emails as the most significant threat, according to The State of Security Awareness Training report from CybeReady.
“For us, a game day activity is no small matter,” says James (Jimmy) Johnson, Assistant Vice President for Campus Safety at the University of Texas at Austin.
No kidding – Longhorn football games regularly sell out, hosting more than 100,000 fans in the Darrel K Royal (DKR)-Texas Memorial Stadium, not counting the small army of vendors, staff, security personnel and law enforcement that keep operations running smoothly.