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Should we use a simulated-phishing tool?

Tools that send fake phishing to see who clicks. Useful at scale, unnecessary for a team of eight.

Try this first

  1. 1Under 15 staff: not needed. A real conversation at the coffee table works better and people do not feel surveilled.
  2. 2Above 15: consider a tool like KnowBe4, Hoxhunt or Microsoft Attack Simulation Training (in Defender for Office 365 Plan 2 / M365 E5). Microsoft is integrated, so the simplest start.
  3. 3Announce ahead of time: 'we are going to do this, not to catch you'. Otherwise you get pushback and personal offense.
  4. 4Keep goals reasonable: less than 5% click on simulations after three months. Not 0%, that is unrealistic.
  5. 5Publish click rates as anonymized team numbers, not a leaderboard. Else you get rivalry instead of learning.

When to bring us in

Do you need to demonstrably show 'security awareness training' for an audit (customer contracts, GDPR data processing agreement)? Then a tool is worth it for the reports. We help with selection.

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