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Engaging Your Employees with Simulated Phishing Can Make a Big Difference in Your Cybersecurity

Engaging Your Employees with Simulated Phishing Can Make a Big Difference in Your Cybersecurity

January 8, 2025

Imagine one of your employees gets a phishing email. Would they recognize it and report it, or would they fall for it? With phishing training, you don’t have to guess—you can make sure your team knows exactly how to handle these situations.

Why Do Hackers Use Phishing?

Modern security systems are super strong, so hackers are always coming up with new ways to get around them.

Instead of trying to break through advanced security measures, many hackers take an easier route: tricking someone into giving them access. Why spend hours hacking when they can just convince someone to hand over a username and password?

That’s why phishing is so popular—it’s simple, effective, and doesn’t require as much effort as other attacks.

Phishing Can Happen Anywhere

Most phishing attempts come through email, but hackers have gotten creative. They might:

  • Call you pretending to be someone important.
  • Send fake messages on social media.
  • Text suspicious links asking for personal info, like shipping details.

Around the holidays, these scams get even worse. Even if your team knows the basics of phishing, how can you be sure they’ll handle it correctly when it happens?

The Best Solution: Practice

The only way to see how your team will respond to phishing attacks is to test them in real-life scenarios.

When you partner with COMPANYNAME, we can create fake phishing campaigns to see how your employees react. If someone falls for the bait, they’ll automatically go through training to learn how to spot phishing attempts and what to do next time.

It’s an easy and effective way to make sure your team understands how serious phishing attacks are—and how to prevent them.

Want to know more? Call First Column IT at (571) 470-5594 to learn about phishing simulations and other security training.

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