People continue to be the primary target for cyber attackers a growing challenge for organisations as threats escalate globally. However, by understanding why people are susceptible to social engineering and empowering them to resist it, organisations can reduce their cyber risk exposure.
This is according to Anna Collard, SVP of Content Strategy an Evangelist for KnowBe4 Africa , who was addressing a webinar hosted by the Institute of Information Technology Professionals South Africa IITPSA Cyber Security special interest group. The session was moderated by Prof Kerry-Lynn Thomson, Professor in the School of IT at Nelson Mandela University and chairperson of IITPSAs SIGCyber.
Collard noted that a survey of 1,000 workers in the UK and the US showed that 48 failed phishing tests because they were distracted. KnowBe4s own IT department surveys indicated that in 53 of the cases where their own staff failed phishing simulations, they were multitasking or stressed.