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Prevent Phishing Attacks Effectively with the Advanced Anti-Phishing Solutions The advancement in technology made the usage of the Internet a widespread and common phenomenon, well connecting the globalized business world. This usage of the internet has way to many cyber crimes, Phishing attacks being one of them. These Phishing attacks are usually ways and means to extract information, usernames and passwords for the unsuspecting public, which are later, used for frauds and security breaches. Most Phishing attacks are naturally targeted towards the ones who are know nothing about fishing and consequently end up paying a heavy price for their vulnerability. This is why the most effective people control against Phishing is user education. It is important to educate users on Phishing protection and the risks of Phishing, how it happens, how to identify Phishing attempts etc. In the recent past, there have been numerous employee awareness programs and anti-Phishing solutions in order to limit these attacks. To contain the challenge arising from Phishing attacks, businesses in the field of information risk management and security services have designed and developed solutions to protect the vulnerable and difficult areas such as the people and process. There are a number of solutions prevalent for safeguarding an organization against technology attacks. Protection from phishing attacks require anti phishing tools that can guard the main target areas, and making use of such diagnostic solution, help organizations to proactively educate the users and help them recognize phishing attacks and avoid being phishing baits. Automated tools installed in the organization's network activate a simulated Phishing attack on the target audience of the organization, thereby the authorities to understand and analyze the social behavior of these target audiences during the attack. These automated anti-Phishing tool installed in most of the new age enterprises provides statistics on user behavior, measures security awareness among employees, identifies data leakage, assesses Data Loss Prevention (DLP) programs and tests the incident response program. The software helps the organizations to evaluate whether the employees are appropriately updated against social engineering hazards. Phishing awareness programs are of utmost importance as they not only solve the losses but educate people better about its source and detection. It is best not to depend on end-users to run malware

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The advancement in technology made the usage of the Internet a widespread and common phenomenon, well connecting the globalized business world. This usage of the internet has way to many cyber crimes, Phishing attacks being one of them.

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Page 1: Prevent Phishing Attacks Effectively with the Advanced Anti-Phishing Solutions

Prevent Phishing Attacks Effectively with the Advanced Anti-Phishing Solutions

The advancement in technology made the usage of the Internet a widespread and common

phenomenon, well connecting the globalized business world. This usage of the internet has way to many

cyber crimes, Phishing attacks being one of them. These Phishing attacks are usually ways and means

to extract information, usernames and passwords for the unsuspecting public, which are later, used for

frauds and security breaches. Most Phishing attacks are naturally targeted towards the ones who are

know nothing about fishing and consequently end up paying a heavy price for their vulnerability.

This is why the most effective people control against Phishing is user education. It is important to

educate users on Phishing protection and the risks of Phishing, how it happens, how to identify Phishing

attempts etc. In the recent past, there have been numerous employee awareness programs and

anti-Phishing solutions in order to limit these attacks. To contain the challenge arising from Phishing

attacks, businesses in the field of information risk management and security services have designed and

developed solutions to protect the vulnerable and difficult areas such as the people and process.

There are a number of solutions prevalent for safeguarding an organization against technology attacks.

Protection from phishing attacks require anti phishing tools that can guard the main target areas,

and making use of such diagnostic solution, help organizations to proactively educate the users and

help them recognize phishing attacks and avoid being phishing baits. Automated tools installed in the

organization's network activate a simulated Phishing attack on the target audience of the organization,

thereby the authorities to understand and analyze the social behavior of these target audiences during

the attack.

These automated anti-Phishing tool installed in most of the new age enterprises provides statistics

on user behavior, measures security awareness among employees, identifies data leakage, assesses

Data Loss Prevention (DLP) programs and tests the incident response program. The software helps the

organizations to evaluate whether the employees are appropriately updated against social engineering

hazards.

Phishing awareness programs are of utmost importance as they not only solve the losses but educate

people better about its source and detection. It is best not to depend on end-users to run malware

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checks and to be able to detect and eliminate these increasingly sophisticated threats. Learn how to

identify common Phishing scams and arm your employees against such attacks by investing in a solution

that can aid the organization in combating potential Phishing risks.