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CYBERSECURITY
FOR THE
MODERN ERA
THREE STEPS TO STOPPING MALWARE,
CREDENTIAL PHISHING, EMAIL FRAUD AND MORE
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INTRODUCTION
If you’re like most IT leaders, you’ve
invested heavily in the latest security
tools. Yet you’re still inundated with
ransomware and other advanced
malware, credential phishing, email fraud
and more. You’re spending more time
dealing with a growing volume of threats.
And you’re seeing a shrinking return
from your security investments. That’s
because most of today’s attacks play off
human weaknesses:
• A distracted user who clicks on a
link or opens an email attachment
without thinking
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• A customer eager to take advantage
of an online discount
• An employee who falls victim to
an email believed to come from a
company executive, with a seemingly
reasonable request to transfer money
People, not technological weaknesses or
vulnerabilities, are at the centre of most
attacks. Firewalls, intrusion detection
and prevention systems (IDS/IPS),
network defences, endpoint antivirus
software and the like are all important.
But none of them address today’s real
security issue: people.
targeted attacks start with email. These
are generally phishing attacks: the
email purports to come from a reputable
person or company and its apparent
validity persuades the recipient to
disclose personal information such as
passwords or credit card numbers. u
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It’s time to turn the focus to humans,
the principal risk factor. Some 90% of
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