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Cyber Security Awareness Report from Wombat Security Reveals Knowledge Gaps that Pose Major Enterprise End-User Security RisksPITTSBURGH, Sept. 1, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Wombat Security Technologies (Wombat), the leading provider of cyber security awareness and training, today announced the release of its Beyond the Phish Report, an analysis of nearly 20 million questions and answers indicating how well end users are able to identify and manage security threats within an enterprise. The report reveals the many cyber security threats that are prevalent today such as oversharing on social media, unsafe use of WiFi, and company confidential data exposure that are dangers in their own right, but could also be considered contributing factors to the ever growing problem of phishing. In the last year, the number of organizations that reported being a victim of phishing has increased 13%, and 60% of enterprises said the rate of phishing attacks has increased overall.1 "Clearly, phishing is a focus area across the industry, but the efforts can't stop there," said Joe Ferrara, President and CEO of Wombat. "To reduce cyber risk in organizations, security education programs must teach and assess end users across many topic areas, like oversharing on social media and proper data handling. Many of these risky behaviors exacerbate the phishing problem." Key findings from the report that show room for improvement include:
Derek Brink, CISSP, Vice President and Research Fellow, Aberdeen Group comments, "We should all be thankful to Wombat Security for sharing empirical data from nearly 20 million actual end-user assessments! The findings here are clear – organizations that measure user knowledge on a variety of security topics are gaining valuable insights into the most important factors of security risk, which can focus their efforts to address it. Depth of data, combined with a continuous, metrics-based approach to end-user security education, results in a solid knowledge improvement program. In my own analysis, successfully changing user behaviors has helped Wombat customers reduce security-related risks by about 60%." While there is room for improvement in all risk areas, the report also highlights categories where employees have answered the highest percentage of questions correctly.
About the Beyond the Phish Report About Wombat Security Technologies 1 2016 State of the Phish Report, Wombat Security Technologies and ThreatSim, January 27, 2016. Logo - http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20160831/403360LOGO To view the original version on PR Newswire, visit:http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/cyber-security-awareness-report-from-wombat-security-reveals-knowledge-gaps-that-pose-major-enterprise-end-user-security-risks-300321366.html SOURCE Wombat Security Technologies |