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Starting today, the Phished Academy opens its doors to all new and current clients. Offering tailored and in-depth anti-phishing training hand in glove with our existing, personalised phishing simulations, your coworkers will be more prepared than ever when faced with phishing attacks.

Working for a start-up offers many advantages: from a creative approach to extensive experimentation, everyone will find something to their liking at Phished. Three (possibly future) colleagues explain why it could be something for you.

Any company that starts with the Phished platform often scores ‘high’ on the initial baseline measurement – up to 50% success rate. After one year, Phished manages to reduce this to less than 5%. How do we do that and why is it so efficient?

Practice makes perfect and it’s no different for cybersecurity. Those who never come into contact with digital threats will not recognise them when they come face to face with them.

Since the beginning of the Phished simulations, clear progress has been made at Bringme. In recent simulations, the phishing rate was only 5% on average. But that was not the case at the beginning.

After an initial baseline measurement, Ipcos came to a remarkable conclusion: almost half of their highly trained employees were susceptible to phishing. Barely four months later, this figure was down to 13%.

Phishing trends: Are your suppliers an unexpected security risk?

Getting hacked only happens to the ill-advised or the low-skilled? Cybersecurity specialist Arnout Van de Meulebroucke speaks from experience when he says: “It will happen to you.”

Why bother to prevent ransomware and other digital threats when insurance companies are prepared to mitigate any damages? Because it is a bad idea to take no precautions at all.

Is the CEO of your company the weakest cybersecurity link? Recent trends seem to suggest as much. Why is that and what can be done against CEO Fraud?

It is the end of November. That means avid holiday shoppers are reaching for their wallets. Each year Black Friday and Cyber Monday grow in popularity, but cyber criminals are rapidly becoming fans as well. And this year it is worse than ever.

Organisations in the healthcare industry are not sufficiently prepared to deal with cyberattacks. Hospitals are at risk, but retirement homes are as well: phishing ails everyone.

Computer scientist Jeroen Baert is certain: everyone can be targeted by hackers. Even the experts who know how spear phishing works.

Phishing is a dangerous form of cybercrime that cannot be detected by regular antivirus software and potentially has serious consequences for your organisation. Alert employees who recognize phishing signals are the only and best defence.

In recent years the number of phishing attacks has increased enormously, and according to some reliable sources this number even doubles every year. This of course results in more and more people being phished, but what do you actually have to do if (you think) you have become a victim of Phishing?

Phishing is currently a hot topic in the media, and has been so for a while now. Everyone thinks that a major attack will not happen to them, but what if it does happen to you as a company? Then you certainly need one thing to save your reputation as a company: a well thought-out crisis communication plan. But how do you deal with that in concrete terms?

Phishing As A Service (PHAAS) is a service that teaches your employees how to deal with phishing efficiently and safely.

Phishing is currently a hot topic in the media and rightly so! However because of all this attention, there are often misunderstandings about phishing. Using this post, we would like to resolve a few of these misunderstandings.

The Covid-19 virus is tormenting the world. Can we learn anything from fighting computer viruses to overcome this Corona crisis? It seems that both require a very similar strategy.

The major Facebook leak, in which millions of Belgian personal data were freely available online, constitutes a great danger for companies: the man in the street, whose data was now made public, is after all also an employee within your organisation. What exactly are the increased risks for your company and what measures can you take as an employer?

The corona pandemic caused a plague of phishing attacks - a virus that Fost Plus did not want to fall victim to. They turned to Phished for a solution and managed to track down and fortify their vulnerabilities.

As a large, dynamic company, VRT needed a scalable solution to train its employees thoroughly in cybersecurity topics. The flexibility of Phished also makes it possible to efficiently train temporary employees and 'guest employees'.

Hospitals and healthcare institutions are increasingly being targeted by large-scale cyberattacks. Against this background, the UZA joined forces with Phished, to guarantee cyber awareness training for all employees.

Cybersecurity comes in different forms. To prepare your employees as thoroughly as possible for every conceivable risk, it is best to use different tactics. An internal phishing campaign is a powerful example.

Taking a ‘people first’ approach and creating a strong cybersecurity culture in an organisation with thorough cybersecurity awareness, training, and education prevents human errors and leads to a robust defence.

Partly thanks to the COVID-19 crisis, cybersecurity as a topic is alive among the highest ranks of AZ (General Hospital) Jan Portaels. However, during a baseline measurement it became clear that the hospital staff could still use some help. Phished helps the organisation navigate through its cybersecurity roadmap.

When phishing is done by phone, it is called vishing. How do you recognise it and how best to deal with it?

Phished recently introduced the Flexible Income Plan for its employees. What exactly is 'FIP' and why is it perfect for a fast-growing company like Phished? Our HR expert explains.

Phished offers businesses and (public) organisations the tools to train their employees in cybersecurity topics and to give them a greater awareness of the digital dangers. An important aspect of this is anti-phishing training.

Phishing does not always happen by e-mail. When it occurs as a text message on your smartphone, it is called smishing. We dive deeper into what it is, how you recognise it and what you can do about it.

Every phishing attack has the same basis: 'social engineering'. What is it, how do you recognize it and how do you protect yourself from it? And what does Leonardo DiCaprio have to do with it?

In recent years, more and more people have fallen prey to smishing and vishing. Why is this the case, how do smishers and vishers operate, and how did three blind vishers fool the Israeli army? All will be revealed in this blog post.

The majority of successful phishing attacks happen due to human error. A company can arm itself and its employees against this in many ways. Cybersecurity awareness is indispensable for this.

The ISO 27001 standard provides proof that as a company you are taking the necessary steps to protect the data of your customers and your employees. What does it entail, what are the benefits, and what conditions do you need to meet to get ISO 27001 certificated? And how does Phished help you become compliant automatically?

Despite the world slowly moving back to normal, remote working is here to stay. Companies and employees alike have discovered the benefits of remote working, but is online working from home safe?

During the month of July, I did a content marketing internship at Phished. I wrote more than 200 phishing simulations and a few articles, learned all about cybersecurity and discovered a knack for predicting the future.

Even before your company is phished, you need to take action. What steps should you take and how can you prevent this from happening (again)? Phishing expert Arnout Van de Meulebroucke provides six tips.

Phished helps you build your own Human Firewall, but what does that mean, and why is it important?

For years, cybercrime has been evolving to steal personal data as efficiently as possible. How exactly do hackers do this?

If you want to train your employees to be better equipped to deal with phishing attacks, you’re going to have to use cybersecurity microlearnings and anti-phishing training on a regular basis in order to achieve the best results.

You might think that phishing only occurs in small companies because they’re much more fragile than big tech companies like Facebook and Google. However, you could not be further from the truth. Big tech companies are just as vulnerable to phishing as small companies and here are 5 prime phishing attack examples:

You’d think it’s easy: you provide all of your employees with administrator rights to their accounts and they will not disturb you every time they want to download a file or change a setting. But no convenience will ever make up for the dangers that lie with giving everyone full access to their account. Here’s why granting every employee admin rights is synonymous to cyberattacks and data leaks.

What you (should) not do if you want your anti-phishing training to be a success

Executing an anti-phishing campaign within your company is the first step in making your employees more alert to cyber threats, but how do you execute this campaign exactly? A thoughtless anti-phishing training program can do more harm than good. It is therefore crucial to use the right strategies when training your employees to recognise phishing emails.

Why cyberattacks are not going anywhere

From indulgences to pyramid schemes: scams that prey on human tendencies have been around for ages. And they are here to stay.

A little later than traditional schools, Phished today opens the doors of the renewed Phished Academy. In light of European Cybersecurity Month, we are launching an improved experience, with more in-depth training methods and more options for account administrators.

Protect your domain against spoofing, because Microsoft and Google don't do it automatically

Chinese or Russian hackers may be targeting your data, but they are far from the only or even the most important threat to your company's cyber security. Most organisations fall victim to considerably more mundane techniques such as social engineering via phishing, or even insider threads. In the latter case, the threat comes from within, but that doesn't necessarily mean that your business has to contend with a malicious mole. Nonchalance or ignorance are just as great risks. How do you arm your organisation and your employees against this?

Nico Cooman is a partner at The Security Factory, a Managed Services Provider that focuses on ethical hacking, pen testing and cybersecurity consultancy. In the past, the human factor also received attention, but today The Human Firewall is a much more central aspect of its offering.

Cybersecurity review platform Expert Insights awards Phished no less than two awards.

Kinepolis - a global brand in the cinema and film experience market - was faced with two major challenges: protecting thousands of employees and securing millions of pieces of customer data. The Phished platform tackled these challenges quickly and easily, with measurable results.

When customers are faced with successful cyber attacks - despite traditional precautions - it is time to try something more powerful. WDO IT, a Dutch partner for SME's, took action by partnering up with Phished.

As a retail-focused fintech broker, Fusion Markets is highly dependent on data. In order to keep their data, employees and clients safe, they decided to partner with Phished to take care of their Security Awareness Training.

Carconnex, a major European B2B car importer, never expected to lose money in a cyberattack. When it did happen, it became obvious why a premium service should go hand in glove with premium phishing training for their staff. They partnered with Phished, and results were immediate.

Smartphoto is an e-commerce company that offers its photo printing services in 12 European countries. Amongst the many emails that their customer service department processes everyday, phishing mails are rife. In the past, they were on the end of a successful ransomware attack, which immediately created a need for some specialised Security Awareness Training to help all 180 of their employees. A piece of cake for the Phished platform.

Cybersecurity training is only effective if employees can remember it. Unfortunately, this is rarely, if ever the case. Even 150 years later, 19th-century psychologist Hermann Ebbinghaus can still explain why your employees will let hackers in if they are not structurally trained.

Phished takes over ConXioN’s workload and helps to upsell their service offering, while the partner frees up time and focus to nourish customer relationships and prove their value. Here is how we do it.

Cyber criminals are increasingly targeting schools such as Zurich International School. They initially responded by providing cybersecurity info sessions for their staff on an ad hoc basis. However, a worrying security review made it clear that this was not enough.

Behavioral Risk Score^TM predicts the likelihood of hacking due to human error

Cloudwise started as a digital learning platform for educational institutions, but in the meantime has emerged as an all-encompassing IT service provider that counts on Phished’s tools to take charge of the cybersecurity aspects.

The ecologically inspired home store sought a way to train employees in cybersecurity while alleviating IT workload. Phished was the answer.

Phishing training is not required by law in the United States. And yet, it ranks among the top sellers at Mosaic CS. “It’s because Phished offers excellent service, a quality solution and a guaranteed reduction in cyber incident risks for both its partners and our customers.”

Carconnex, a major European B2B car importer, never expected to lose money in a cyberattack. When it did happen, it became obvious why a premium service should go hand in glove with premium phishing training for their staff. They partnered with Phished, and results were immediate.

Royal Mencap is a UK charity for people with a learning disability. “People sometimes think that we’re safe from cyberattacks, but unfortunately hackers don’t appear to blink twice at stealing from people who really need it,” says Andy Bone, Head of Cyber, Information, Security & Privacy (CISP). “Since we have access to money and a lot of sensitive information, we decided to train our employees and volunteers.”

A recent security audit at Acces Industrie, a specialist in sales and rentals of aerial work platforms and elevators, revealed a susceptibility to spear phishing. This underscored the necessity for a robust cybersecurity policy: prompt recognition and neutralisation of phishing attacks are essential for the continuous protection of company data.

With Phished, Acces Industrie now efficiently meets its cybersecurity policy standards, engaging its employees in a holistic training and improving their security awareness.

Is your cybersecurity strategy prepared to take on 2023? Every year brings new trends, threats, hypes and hoaxes. Let’s take a look at what you need to prepare for as soon as possible.

Just sending out phishing simulations is no guarantee for not getting hacked. Incident data confirms companies benefit much more from holistic training, teaching your co-workers to adopt an overall cyber security mindset. I’ll explain how this simple change in approach will impact your company’s cyber resilience.

Most cyber awareness platforms have content libraries which rival Encyclopaedia Brittanica in size: tutorials, articles, games and even Netflix-like video content... IT managers can simply pick out a lesson and send it to their co-workers. But data proves this approach doesn’t cause cyber incidents to decrease. In this blog, I’ll explain why that is.

To meet the requirements for cybersecurity insurance,
B&P Professionals was introduced to the complicated world of cyber resilience training. But it was only when the company got to know Phished that it realized how easy it can be.

The French IT company Nodelink assists small and medium-sized businesses in strengthening their cybersecurity using the Phished platform.

Once again, October is being celebrated as ‘Cybersecurity Awareness Month’, with various campaigns aiming to remind individuals, businesses, and organizations to take proactive steps to protect themselves from cyber threats. But we at Phished are not convinced.

With the implementation of the European NIS2 Directive, Redexis - a leading natural gas distributor in Spain - decided to elevate its cybersecurity practices. Carlos Asenjo, the head of IT infrastructure at Redexis, explains why the company chose Phished to strengthen employee cybersecurity awareness and ensure compliance with NIS2.

With Phished now integrated into their portfolio, M8 Solutions can offer customized cybersecurity training that meets its clients' needs. Co-founders of M8 Solutions Paul Hinchy and Tracy Scriven explain in detail why Phished is the perfect fit for their clients...

For many people, Black Friday is the ultimate day to snatch the best bargains. Massive discounts on almost everything you can order online. But while you’re hunting for deals, hackers have their sights set on something else: your personal data and hard-earned cash. Before you know it, you’ve walked straight into their trap, and they’ve scored the ultimate deal—completely free.