Cyber Aware

Are You Cyber Aware?

You are the Human Firewall

Protect yourself and your company from the risk of a cyber-attack by understanding common cyber security threats and knowing how you should respond to them.

Phishing and its variants are part of a larger group of social engineering exploits.

IT-driven solutions cannot fully protect against social engineering because they encourage humans to do things that are against good cyber security policy.

Protecting Yourself and Your Company from Cyber Attacks

Phishing

What is it?

Like fishing, but you are the fish. Attackers use emails as bait to get you to click links and open attachments that install damaging malware.

Remember

Be certain before you open or click. If you are unsure, ask a member of your company’s IT department or provider to qualify the link.

How to Spot It

It appears urgent
It looks official – check the email address is right
The message begis and/or ends with a generic greeting
It asks for personal information – such as mobile numbers, home address, etc
Layout, design and language might not ‘feel’ right

Vishing

What is it?

Like phishing, but attackers try to get you to click links, open files or tell them personal information over the phone.

Remember

Verify any suspicious calls by checking information with a second source.

How to Spot It

You have never spoken to the person before
They called you, you didn’t call them
Their call demands an urgent response
Their story is that a process has failed and that their request is routine/not a big deal
They claim to be a colleague or work for a company that is important – eg the bank, delivery provider, customer, family member