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What Is Cross-Site Scripting? How To Prevent XSS Attacks
When we think of cyberattacks, we think about data breaches, viruses, and malware, but have you ever heard of cross-site scripting, aka XSS attacks? Probably not. Even though it’s one of the most notorious and common threats in web applications we use today. So what is it?
by Soundarya Jayaraman
Why Being Just Data Compliant Isn’t Enough
Imagine entering an amusement park that had a fire incident almost a month ago. But since then, the fire department has vetted the amusement park as “safe”. This is also the eighth fire incident in the past year, but there’s nothing to worry about as they are legally compliant with fire standards.
by Amal Joby
2023 Trends in Cybersecurity: Proactive Security Becomes De Facto
This post is part of G2's 2023 digital trends series. Read more about G2’s perspective on digital transformation trends in an introduction from Emily Malis Greathouse, director, market research, and additional coverage on trends identified by G2’s analysts.
by Amal Joby
2021 Trends in Cybersecurity
This post is part of G2's 2021 digital trends series. Read more about G2’s perspective on digital transformation trends in an introduction from Michael Fauscette, G2's chief research officer and Tom Pringle, VP, market research, and additional coverage on trends identified by G2’s analysts.
by Aaron Walker
2021 Trends in Combating Deepfake Impersonation Attacks
This post is part of G2's 2021 digital trends series. Read more about G2’s perspective on digital transformation trends in an introduction from Michael Fauscette, G2's chief research officer and Tom Pringle, VP, market research, and additional coverage on trends identified by G2’s analysts.
by Merry Marwig, CIPP/US
User Adoption is the Key to Calculating ROI for Security Solutions
The return on investment (ROI) is impossible to calculate for cybersecurity solutions. For such solutions, value isn’t found through dollars saved or deals closed; value is found in unobstructed disaster avoidance and a sense of trust for employees, partners, and customers.
by Aaron Walker
Combatting the Rising Threat of COVID-19 Email Scams
The coronavirus has impacted several countries across the world, forcing businesses to adapt to new ways of getting work done. For many businesses, this means supporting a suddenly remote workforce.
by Merry Marwig, CIPP/US
Infographic: How to Secure a Remote Workforce
The COVID-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc across the world, impacting nearly every individual and business. As a result, many companies have shifted their operations to adapt to working remotely, in order to align with social distancing requirements.
by Aaron Walker
COVID-19 Spawns Security Concerns For Rapidly Expanding, Under-Protected Workforce
Worldwide, social distancing has affected the day-to-day activities of nearly every person. In many cases, that means working from home.
by Aaron Walker
How to Strengthen Remote Workforce Security During Crises
The coronavirus health crisis has forced millions of workers (who are able) to transition to working from home. That poses numerous obstacles to workers meeting their deadlines and doing their jobs. Security management and enforcement have become some of the most important and critical transitional needs involved for both workers and their employers.
by Aaron Walker
What Is Fileless Malware and How Do Attacks Occur?
Fileless malware attacks are on the rise as more hackers use it to disguise their nefarious activities. These threats leverage a computer’s existing, whitelisted applications and computing power against itself. This is what security professionals refer to as “live off the land” threats.
by Aaron Walker
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Security Awareness Training Software Discussions
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Question on: Infosec IQ
When will auto-provisioning feature be enabled?Automation and Integration
soon I hope
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Question on: KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training
ContentWhen will there be more of the "restricted intelligence" and "Inside Man" videos - this level of content is brilliant, all other videos and presentations are really difficult to get people engaged with
I am sure they will. Knowbe4 did not buy "Twist & Shout" for just one series.
If you go to the Knowbe4 Modstore and search Twist and Shout you will see they have a new Series - tuesdays with Bernie. Not dealing specifically with phishing, but a whole range of topics - External and internal communication, anti-corruption etc. Pretty good stuff!
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Question on: KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training
Best Practices for Admins Evaluating Suspicious Emails - Tools Used?What tools are admins using to evaluate suspicious email? I've used virustotal.com quite a bit but are seeing a lot more obviously malicious links come up clean.
If you can view the emails then you can already do 99% of the evaluation. As long as you understand what the risks look like you can make a pretty good judgement there and then.
To assist with making that judgement, using tools like KnowBe4 to give you and or your staff training can help in identifying risky emails. Plus KnowBe4 can also do testing via emails and phone calls too.
I do at times use a sandbox environment to open suspicious links just in case I feel like double checking, or seeing what the other party is attempting to. The 1903 and up version of Windows 10 now has a SandBox environment built in.
KnowBe4 has a product called PhishER that ties in nicely with their awareness training. It uses VirusTotal in its research of emails reported by employees via the PhishAlert button. It's easy to administer and helps with identifying threats.
KnowBe4 - with their platform you can simulate phishing e-mails which can be randomly sent to your employees. You are able to monitor who click on the threat in the mail and system can then automatically assign to those people an educational video - awareness training. And what is good they have the mails and videos available in a lot of languages. Which is great for international companies.
Hi Matt, I am G2's cybersecurity research analyst.
Shana is correct her description of PhishER. KnowBe4 also has a phishing-specific solution called KnowBe4 Phishing Security Test which can be seen here: https://www.g2.com/products/knowbe4-phishing-security-test/reviews
In addition, and for non-training purposes, I would suggest an Anti-spam tool. There are many products listed here: https://www.g2.com/categories/email-anti-spam
These tools will provide more granular control over what is and is not tagged as suspicious. Many of those tools are free and if you are considering a new solution, there are a number of professional-grade antispam solutions that have native integration with security and phishing training tools. Webroot, Proofpoint, and Barracuda are a few that come to mind, but there are definitely more options available.
Hope this helps!
Security Awareness Training Software Reports
Mid-Market Grid® Report for Security Awareness Training
Winter 2025
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Grid® Report for Security Awareness Training
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Enterprise Grid® Report for Security Awareness Training
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Momentum Grid® Report for Security Awareness Training
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G2 Report: Momentum Grid® Report
Small-Business Grid® Report for Security Awareness Training
Winter 2025
G2 Report: Grid® Report
Enterprise Grid® Report for Security Awareness Training
Fall 2024
G2 Report: Grid® Report
Small-Business Grid® Report for Security Awareness Training
Fall 2024
G2 Report: Grid® Report
Mid-Market Grid® Report for Security Awareness Training
Fall 2024
G2 Report: Grid® Report
Grid® Report for Security Awareness Training
Fall 2024
G2 Report: Grid® Report
Momentum Grid® Report for Security Awareness Training
Fall 2024
G2 Report: Momentum Grid® Report