LATEST INTELLIGENCE
CYBERSECURITY FOR THE
MODERN ERA
THREE STEPS TO STOPPING MALWARE,
CREDENTIAL PHISHING, EMAIL FRAUD AND MORE
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INTRODUCTION
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If you’re like most IT leaders, you’ve invested heavily
in the latest security tools. Yet you’re still inundated
with ransomware and other advanced malware,
credential phishing, email fraud and more. You’re
spending more time dealing with a growing volume
of threats.
And you’re seeing a shrinking return from your
security investments. That’s because most of today’s
attacks play off human weaknesses:
• A distracted user who clicks on a link or opens an
email attachment without thinking
• A customer eager to take advantage of an
online discount
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• An employee who falls victim to an email believed
to come from a company executive, with a
seemingly reasonable request to transfer money
People, not technological weaknesses or
vulnerabilities, are at the centre of most attacks.
Firewalls, intrusion detection and prevention systems
(IDS/IPS), network defences, endpoint antivirus
software and the like are all important. But none
of them address today’s real security issue: people.
It’s time to turn the focus to humans, the principal
risk factor. Some 90% of targeted attacks start with
email. These are generally phishing attacks: the
email purports to come from a reputable person or
company and its apparent validity persuades the
recipient to disclose personal information such as
passwords or credit card numbers. n
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