A great way to keep your business protected is by enabling all the employees in your organization to become their own data guardians.
A few years ago, an employee of one of our clients received a routine-looking email from their co-owner asking to approve a $50,000 invoice. It looked legitimate—and they paid it. But it turned out the co-owner’s email account had been compromised. The attacker had mimicked internal communications so convincingly that no one realized what had happened until the money was already gone.
This moment became a turning point.
Between 70 and 90% of all successful attacks on a business’s data involve social engineering—a malicious actor attempting to trick someone with access to sensitive data into volunteering enough information to allow them to gain access. Titamus arms the employees of the businesses we serve to both recognize these attacks for what they are and report them accurately, helping both themselves and their fellow employees who may not have caught the same warning signs as quickly. This is done through our tool KnowBe4, which allows a single employee to report a threat email, resulting in any other instances of that email sent anywhere throughout the organization to also be pulled from inboxes and quarantined, as well as the malicious sender being blocked for the whole organization.
This especially enables employees at larger organizations to feel empowered by the Security Awareness Training we offer. Those companies we serve know that when they make use of their training, pay close attention to potential threat emails, and report, they are directly benefiting the rest of the employees in their organization.
Now, individuals at this company feel confidently empowered to recognize and report threats.
Why it matters: 88% of breaches are caused by human error. Training your team is one of the most effective defenses any business can have.