VALUE YOUR PRIVACY! PROTECT YOUR CRITICAL DATA AGAINST PHISHING ATTEMPTS
Internet pirates have switched to a sophisticated new way to steal digital data — manipulation of human psychology. This attempt to gain unauthorized access to sensitive data using social engineering is known as phishing. On the one hand, the world is fighting the COVID-19 pandemic, while on the other, enterprises worldwide are locking horns with destructive phishing attacks.
According to a 2020 Quarter 1 report by Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG), COVID-19 has worsened the situation as cybercriminals are using the panic to launch Business E-mail Compromise (BEC) attacks, a type of phishing. In such uncertain times, the best way to fight phishing attacks is to strengthen the weakest link in the security chain, your staff, by providing the right security awareness training.
EC-Council’s Aware solutions offer you a complete security package against phishing, with convincing phishing simulations and security awareness training for your unguarded employees.
What Is Phishing?
Phishing is a type of social engineering attack that targets victims via emails or text messages. Unlike other social engineering tactics like vishing and SMiShing, the criminal in a phishing attack poses as a legitimate institution to lure people into giving their sensitive data such as banking and credit card details, passwords, and more. This is a type of cyber threat which is prevalent and dangerous. Besides being relatively inexpensive, attackers use phishing more often because it is also very easy to execute.
Why Put a Stop to Phishing Attacks?
5 Reasons to Use Phishing Simulations and Spread Security Awareness
It only takes one wrong click to cripple your organization’s security system and expose its confidential data. Businesses need the best security solutions against all kinds of phishing attacks — email phishing, vishing, SMiShing, and USB baiting.
Types of Security Solutions by EC-Council’s Aware
Aware integrates simulated phishing attacks with ready-to-use training modules. It improves security awareness, alters user behavior, and reduces social engineering risks.Email Phishing
Over the past few months, scammers have leveraged the coronavirus outbreak to stage email phishing in order to trick people into divulging personal information. Being the best way to gain an individual’s trust, these attacks have spread their reach over the years.To fight sophisticated phishing attacks, Aware educates your employees to stay vigilant with real-life email phishing scenarios.
SMiShing (or SMS Phishing)
Vishing (or Voice Phishing)
With continuous developments in technology, hackers have ramped up their game. The use of AI (artificial intelligence) has made some jaw-dropping advances in the attack surface. There have been reports of security incidents that involved the use of AI to impersonate trusted individuals to phish potential victims.
Vishing is also sometimes followed by other phishing attacks. For example, you click on a link for an ad that piques your curiosity. Unfortunately, you find that your system has been infected with ransomware or other malware that makes you believe that your system has been compromised and needs an expert’s help immediately. You see a number which you call in order to remediate the problem. In most cases, the contact is a threat actor and was also responsible for the current condition of your system. Thus, the threat actor will scam your money successfully.
Aware provides phishing simulations that imitate real-life attack scenarios that teach your employees to spot phishing scams and prevent the hefty cost of data breaches.
Top 12 Key Features of EC-Council’s Aware:
AGILE HOSTING MODEL:
CLOUD, HYBRID, AND ON-PREMISES SOLUTIONS
EASY INTEGRATION:
DOES NOT REQUIRE ALTERATION IN THE EXISTING SYSTEM
SIMPLE AND INTERACTIVE UI:
EASY TO USE INTERFACE, APT FOR ALL BUSINESS MODELS
ADAPTIVE:
PERFECTLY FITS ALL INDUSTRY-SPECIFIC DEMANDS
TIME-EFFICIENT:
SUPPORTS ON-THE-GO MODEL
SINGLE PLATFORM:
A 3-IN-1 PLATFORM WITH PHISHING, SMISHING, AND VISHING SIMULATIONS
COMPLETE DIY:
REQUIRE LIMITED TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE TO INITIATE A “DO-IT-YOURSELF” SOLUTION
SCALABLE:
IDEAL FOR LONG-TERM FUTURE REPORTING
MANAGEABLE DASHBOARD:
USER-FRIENDLY DASHBOARD WITH ADVANCED REPORTING SOLUTION
INTEGRATED WITH WORLD-CLASS LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM:
SET-AND-GO TRAINING MODULES
ON-DEMAND CUSTOMIZATION:
PERSONALIZE YOUR CAMPAIGN AS PER BUSINESS REQUIREMENTS
ROUND-THE-CLOCK SUPPORT
AVAILABILITY OF EFFICIENT SUPPORT TEAM THROUGH 24/7/365