While many organizations rely on employee training to help mitigate the risks of spear phishing, such efforts are generally ineffective, says Eric Johnson of Vanderbilt University, who explains why a ...

Over the last several years, phishing simulations have become seen as the equivalent to security awareness training. The result is many organizations are only providing phishing simulation to their ...

A new study by a security training company has found that even a few months of security awareness instruction can have a big impact on how well recipients respond to phishing attempts. In the ...

This article is more than 10 years old. Simulated phishing attack training yields up to a 37 percent return on investment, according to that Ponemon study. Training employees by having them experience ...

KnowBe4’s 2025 Phishing by Industry Benchmarking Report shows a drop in the global Phish-prone™ Percentage (PPP) to 4.1% after 12 months of security training TAMPA BAY, Fla., May 13, 2025--(BUSINESS ...

Security by design has long been something of a holy grail for cybersecurity professionals. It’s a simple concept: ensure products are designed to be as secure as possible in order to minimize the ...

It always takes two for a phishing attack to work – an attacker to send the bait and an insider to take it. Almost every organization carries out some form of security and awareness training (SAT) to ...

Don't click on that email! Find everything you need to know in this phishing guide including how to protect yourself from one of the most common forms of cyber attack. Read now Security and phishing ...

Phishing scams strike victims with alarming regularity. The Anti-Phishing Working Group, which collates information from various bodies worldwide, reported nearly a million phishing attacks in the ...

Current anti-phishing training programs have little to no impact. Training methods lack what human learners need: engagement. These programs must be revamped and combined with supportive technologies.