Sophos Phish Threat: be careful with clicks!

March 9, 2017 - PRLog -- What's the weakest link in any company's cyber-defense strategy? People!

Phishing remains one of the most common attack vectors: more than 90% of Ransomware attacks are delivered via phishing emails, many of them set into motion by a few clicks from unsuspecting office workers.

Because of this, there's no shortage of phishing training programs on the market today. However, not all online security training programs are created equal. Most are academic, blind to the current attack landscape, and disconnected from the rest of IT security management. That makes these point products burdensome for IT managers to effectively integrate into routine risk assessments.

Sophos Phish Threat

Sophos Phish Threat automates the entire training process, provides visual analytics to identify vulnerable users, in other words, is an advanced phishing attack simulator and training solution that is fully integrated with the company's cloud-based security management platform, Sophos Central to provide rapid risk detection and incident response.

Phishing campaigns can be set up in a matter of minutes: simply choose a campaign type, select one or more training modules, pick a simulated phishing message, and decide which users to test. Then sit back as the results roll in: top-notch reporting relays how many messages have been sent out, who's clicked, and, of those, who's gone through the required training modules.

"Phishing has evolved in lockstep with the 'Malware-as-a-Service' phenomenon," commented Bill Lucchini, senior vice president and general manager for the Sophos Cloud Security Group. However, with Sophos Phish Threat, IT managers now have sophisticated, integrated threat intelligence that combines the strength of Sophos security technologies with a product that tests, trains and analyzes human vulnerabilities. This creates a very powerful solution for businesses struggling to keep ahead of organized cybercrime and unwary end-users."

Sophos is a global leader in network and endpoint security. They began producing antivirus and encryption products nearly 30 years ago. Today Sophos´ products help secure the networks used by 100 million people in 150 countries and 100,000 businesses, including Pixar, Under Armour, Northrop Grumman, Xerox, Ford, Avis, and Toshiba.