Phishing Awareness and Response: Can Technology Alone Make a Difference?

Phishing has been well established as the top entry method for hackers trying to access corporate networks. Yet, in spite of record spending on security technology, data breach reports continue to highlight the substantial lag between incident occurrence and detection. That technology- those investments are failing while organizations continue to neglect their final and best line of defense – their employees. Employees hold the key to fortifying the last line of defense and providing IT and Security teams with critical real-time attack intelligence. In this presentation, PhishMe’s COO, Jim Hansen, will draw on his 25 years in law enforcement and IT security to discuss: •The current state of phishing •The success and failure of technology systems and how human systems can protect the last mile •How conditioning – not training - activates employees to identify and report phishing attacks •The critical attack intelligence generated from employees and how it can be used to detect attacks-in progress and aid phishing incident response Join PhishMe and (ISC)² on Sept 21 (Wed) at 2:00p.m. (Singapore time) for a security briefing on phishing awareness and response. Presenter: Jim Hansen, Chief Operating Officer, PhishMe Bios: Jim has over twenty-two years’ experience in sales, operations and executive management in the information security industry, including co-founding and serving as COO of Mandiant. He has also held numerous executive and management positions in both sales and consulting organizations, and regularly speaks and publishes articles on information security topics.