Best Ways to Prevent Phishing Attacks through Access Governance
There has been quite an upsurge in instances of phishing attacks during the past few months. Cybercriminals, exploiting people's COVID-19 fears, are engaging in phishing and social engineering aimed at stealing user credentials to business applications and VPNs. Ultimately, the credentials used for authentication are the network perimeter of an organization. This puts companies in a challenging position - they can limit employee access to these programs and risk negative impacts on efficiency and business continuity, or they can hope that nothing terrible happens. Many prefer the latter, and worldwide, the consequences are being felt. Social engineering essentially depends on harnessing powerful emotions to manipulate people into taking actions that can harm them. Cybercriminals depend on emotional reactions; emotionally charged material (e.g., fake layoff notification email with a malware attachment) is more likely to lead to a successful assault. The problem is not the people.