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Phishing Is Up During COVID-19 – Are You Prepared?

In the realm of cybersecurity, do you think you are covered? 74% of hackers say they are rarely impressed by an organization’s security measures. So why aren’t they impressed? Are your firewalls not tall enough, is your system not up to date, is your IT defense force not up to snuff? No, it’s because 93% of security breaches involved phishing attacks in 2018.

Why worry about phishing, when everyone can see the red flags? Most businesses even train employees annually on spotting suspicious emails. Take into account that 384 billion emails are sent every day, of which 85% are SPAM. In 2018 alone, 83% of people received phishing emails, with 64% of businesses experiencing phishing attacks.

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