CREATE A CULTURE OF SECURITY Educate Your Employees With Fake Phishing Attacks
As we’ve mentioned before, the weakest link in a company’s network security chain is a lack of employee awareness. You can have the most robust protection available, but that won’t mean anything if one of your team members allows a hacker to get in. Because of this inherent human vulnerability, it’s crucial that you educate your staff on how to avoid compromising the security of the network. No amount of strategy can keep you safe without a culture of security.
ideas into something real. Microsoft, no stranger to security concerns, has gone so far as to label this practice a must.
Here’s how it works: We send your staff emails that resemble the latest phishing attacks, but without any real damage done to your systems. If any employee falls for these attacks, they are immediately notified that they’ve been tricked. From there, they are provided extra training videos to ensure that when somebody with ill intent tries the same tactics, they’ll be ready to play defense. You can send these tests regularly and in varying forms to make sure that nobody is at risk of being lured into a phishing trap. Sending one right after a training might not yield any fish. But if you try the same test a few months down the line, you might be surprised at how many people bite. Tests like these help instill the importance of network safety at your company. Security can’t just live in applications and fail-safes; it needs to matter to your team. Complacency and mindlessness often open the door to hackers. Educating your team will keep that door shut. AZCOMP is happy to offer this service to our clients. If you want to discuss how to up your defense game against all sorts of cybercrime, don’t hesitate to give us a call. NEED NETWORKING OR COMPUTER HELP?
Some of the education you provide should come in the form of videos and articles like those you read in this newsletter, but those shouldn’t be your only tools. A great supplement to this theoretical knowledge is sending mock phishing attacks to your employees that turn abstract
SPOTLIGHT ON CRYSTAL HALE
Crystal Hale is the accounting clerk here at AZCOMP, so we rely on her to make sure all our records are in tiptop shape. In her two years here, Crystal has brought a mix of hard work and fun to the office. When it comes to what she loves most about being at AZCOMP, Crystal says, “I love the atmosphere and the people I work alongside. It’s refreshing to work for a company that genuinely cares about its customers. We take responsibility and want our customers to succeed, which are rare qualities.”
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When she’s not crunching numbers, you can bet that Crystal is spending time with her family. She and her husband, Evan, have three wonderful daughters: Jessica, Ashley, and Brooklyn. Jessica was recently married (congrats!), so that’s been the main talking point recently. “In general, we love going out together and having fun,” Crystal notes. “I never get tired of spending time with my family.”
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