Phishing: how to prevent and make employees aware

 Have you ever gone fishing in your life? If so, you probably know that fishing takes patience and technique to catch the fish at the right moment when it takes the bait. Thinking simply, we can say that fishing is setting a trap to catch an unsuspecting being and that he believes he is facing a very good offer.

The technique is so precise that it ended up on the internet, however, in a very obscure way. Phishing is a cybercrime practice created to proceed in the same way as the fishing hook: attracting users into a virtual trap.

Criminals use malicious websites, e-mails with suspicious links and even chat tools to interact with internet users and have them submit bank details, confidential information or install files that infect the device. Once the data has been stolen, the procedures are varied, ranging from a financial embezzlement in the current account to the redemption request for confidential or intimate information.

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Companies must be very attentive to this type of attack, mainly because it uses people's ingenuity or carelessness to start their damage. According to a survey by the American company Phishme, the average loss in a phishing attack for a midsize company is $ 1.6 million.

The same research pointed out that between 2016 and 2017 the number of phishing attacks on companies rose 65%, that is, the market is facing a threat that is in full growth and that can generate direct and measurable financial losses. If cybercrime is a topic of debate and concern in your company, here are some tips to ensure employee awareness and expand preventive policies.