The fallout from a phishing scam like this one could’ve been massive. We’re glad we were able to take steps to prevent it.
VP of Security
An international retailer has hundreds of thousands of employees that engage on their internal collaboration platform daily. Given the sheer number of employees, systems and conversations they have, the team is constantly aware of the threat of a security breach. After observing a competitor fall victim to a phishing scam that compromised their platform, the company wanted to test the likelihood of a similar event affecting them.
The security team replicated the phishing scam and used Aware’s Signal application and Optical Character Recognition technology to create policies designed to identify images and words associated with the scam.
The team was able to immediately uncover hundreds of employees who fell for the scam. The organization gathered the insights from Aware to improve their risk posture and used the exercise as an opportunity to educate their employees on the dangers of phishing. As a result, the retailer was better prepared going forward to address insider risk, lower their overall exposure and above all, protect their brand.
Improved Risk Posture
Reduced malicious insider threat events by 90%.
Protected Brand Reputation
A company's reputation accounts for 63% of its market value.
Reduced Expenses
Cyber attacks such as phishing costs large organizations almost $15 million annually, or more than $1,500 per employee.
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