Framework for Pre-emptive defense against Covid-19 Phishing Scams

PhishRod, a global provider of anti-phishing & security awareness solution provider conducted a workshop in collaboration with GISPP to help organizations implement a framework to thwart phishing attacks. The hands-on workshop covered the below mentioned agenda points.

Agenda

1.Putting technology controls on test to determine if a phishing email can land in your mail box.
2.Determine end user behavior against phishing attacks.
3.Quantitative analysis of the vulnerable user behavior.
4.Automating End user Awareness on COVID-19 & related Phishing Attacks through Computer Based Trainings.
5.Reinforcing Work from Home Policy to aware end users.
6.Enabling end users to report COVID-19 Phishing Scams.
7.Analyzing Reported incidents through built-in intelligence feeds.
8.Deleting confirmed phishing emails from end user mail boxes.

Posted on: 05/02/2020

Name: Syed Abid Ali

Syed Abid Ali has over 12+ years experience in cyber security and has always promoted the need of balance between people, process and technology to develop an effective cyber security strategy. He is currently the Co-Founder and CCO at PhishRod, which is one of the fastest growing anti-phishing, security awareness, policy compliance and  threat advisory platform. He is one of the brains behind PhishRod and lead the efforts for customer acquisition and  partner network growth. Prior to PhishRod he served as a Regional Manager for McAfee and also served as Head of Cyber Security practice at NetSol Technologies.