CHEQUING OUT
financial organisations . The increasing sophistication of cybercriminals means phishing emails can be very difficult to distinguish from legitimate messages .
Some can entice users to click on links and divulge personal information . Others come with attachments containing malicious code . Once opened , this code can rapidly infest the user ’ s device and then spread to wider corporate systems .
Of the survey respondents who admitted to having clicked on a malicious link within an email , almost half ( 48 %) said they realised
When working from home , staff are no longer protected by corporate firewalls and other measures and are thus more susceptible to attacks .
their mistake when they found themselves redirected to a suspicious website or service that requested details from them .
More encouragingly , 41 % said the link was flagged as malicious by their organisation ’ s IT systems , while a further 21 % said a red flag was raised by their web browser . Less than a quarter ( 20 %) said they became aware only after their device had become infected by malware or ransomware .
Invest in improved user training When mapping out their staff training schedules for the coming year , the survey highlights the need for financial organisations to allocate more time and resources to cybersecurity awareness .
Mark Lukie , Director of Solution Architects – APAC , Barracuda
The survey found 92 % of employees believe cybersecurity is either very or
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