New research from UC San Diego reveals that generic cybersecurity training often fails to capture people’s attention. Ariana Mirian, senior security researcher at Censys and co-author of the study, argues for stronger systems that can compensate for human error.
A lot of us have had to take training to spot phishing scams — that's when cybercriminals get you to click on a link and, boom, they're inside your organization's system.
A recent study of nearly 20,000 University of California, San Diego Health workers found cybersecurity training made little difference in preventing successful phishing attacks, reducing the likelihood by just 2%.
Marketplace’s Nova Safo spoke with Ariana Mirian, senior researcher at the cybersecurity firm Censys and co-author of the study, who explained that many workers are just not taking those training programs seriously enough.
Cybersecurity Training Programs Don’t Prevent Employees from Falling for Phishing Scams - from UC San Diego
Protect yourself from phishing - from Microsoft
How To Recognize and Avoid Phishing Scams - from the Federal Trade Commission
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