Something Fishy about Phishing
(A Proofpoint Tool Scenario)
I sat down with my pal Richard Chapman, Program Director for CyberNow Labs, with this question, how to tell if an email is a phishing expedition?
Ironically, the largest threat to organizations is not necessarily the bad actors themselves, but rather that the employees are easily hooked into engaging with phishing emails because they’re in a hurry.
Usually, the phishing signs are visible to an end-user if they’re looking carefully, but…many don’t.
A big part of being a Cybersecurity Analyst is dealing with Alerts.
And it turns out an alert is just an alert, until it isn’t. Analysts have to think through and decide what to register as an Incident. That is why Analysts need not only the right tools but also the skills and processes to interpret data to prevent phishing expeditions from becoming a disaster.
Proofpoint is one of the best, if not the best Phishing Monitoring tool, which you can see sits amongst all the Analysts tools on the SOC Dashboard.
Cool right?
Watch This Two Bald Guys Phishing Episode to learn more:
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