2024 Phishing By Industry Benchmarking Report
Find out how you are doing compared to your peers of similar size.
Cyber threats continue to grow as criminals rely on the tried and tested attack methods while developing new, more sophisticated ways to infiltrate digital environments and minimize the effectiveness of your human defense layer.
However, there’s an often overlooked security layer that can significantly reduce your organization’s attack surface: New-school security awareness training.
Our 2024 Phishing By Industry Benchmarking study analyzed a data set of 11.9 million users across 55,675 organizations with over 54.1 million simulated phishing security tests. This report highlights employee Phish-prone™ Percentages by industry, revealing at-risk users that are susceptible to phishing or social engineering attacks. The research also reveals radical drops in careless clicking after 90 days and 12 months of new-school security awareness training.
Do you know how your organization compares to your peers of similar size? Download the report to find out!
You will learn more about:
- New phishing benchmark data for 19 industries and seven geographical regions
- Understanding who’s at risk and what you can do about it
- Actionable tips to create your “human firewall”
- The value of new-school security awareness training
Executive Takeaways
Organizations must prioritize and enhance their investment in the management of human risk. Merely paying lip service to security awareness programs does little to shield an organization from attacks that target human vulnerabilities.
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What is PhishER Plus?
PhishER Plus is powered by a new, unique KnowBe4 global threat feed. This triple-validated phishing threat feed automatically blocks phishing attacks before they make it into users’ inboxes using:
- 10+ million highly trained end-users and their PhishER Administrators
- PhishML, a unique AI-model trained on phishing emails that all other filters missed
- Human-curated threat intel by KnowBe4’s Threat Research Lab
PhishER Plus is available as a stand-alone product or as an upgrade option for current PhishER customers.
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