awareness digestible and humorous so the target audience is engaged . The Mimecast platform also allows organizations to test their user ’ s resilience to phishing attacks through simulated phishing testing campaigns . The platform takes several user behavior metrics into consideration and computes an overall organization risk score . Mark says , “ it is great to see your organization ’ s risk score decreasing over time as your users become better at detecting and reporting phishing scams . This kind of information is also just what Executives and Boards want to see .”

“ There ’ s a real challenge around educating new staff as they join the business , especially those that have not worked in an environment where cybersecurity training and awareness has been a focus ”. An important part of the onboarding program is to let employees know what is expected of them ,” says Mark . “ The new user onboarding program should cover off the organization ’ s Acceptable Use Policy and include security awareness training and testing . Employees are often the last line of defense in your security chain , so it ’ s essential to focus on educating them and making sure they understand what ’ s at stake when things go wrong .”

— Mark O ’ Hare , Chief Information Security Officer , Mimecast

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