002. Are your employees opening the door to cyber criminals?

Cyber criminals are constantly looking to exploit the weakest link in your chain. Using social engineering, they’re targeting employees, looking to abuse their trust and willingness to help, in order to gain access to sensitive information. Paul Mason is joined by Edward Whittingham, founder of the British Fraud Prevention Partnership (BFPP), to understand how companies can best get to grips with the security risk posed by their staff. Some of the key points of discussion are: 1’48 – The obstacles around staff training 5’00 – What is phishing? 13’37 – The difference between phishing and spear phishing 22’28 – Cybercrime in policing 31’08 – How do you make your employees your strongest defence? Download on iTunes: apple.co/2Ji61Ek Listening time: 36 minutes For more information, follow us on twitter @Secarma or @SecarmaLabs or email us at [email protected] Hosted by: Paul Mason, Ethical Hacker & Head of Education at Secarma Guest: Edward Whittingham, Founder the BFPP https://www.thebfpp.org/