Steve Bradford, Senior Vice President EMEA, SailPoint, “Phishing attacks continue to be a gateway for deceiving people into handing over sensitive information with the latest technique misleading people into clicking on blank email images which have an embedded, malicious URL link hidden in plain sight."
“With cybercriminals becoming far more sophisticated in their tactics, all it takes is for a malicious email to slip through and an unsuspecting employee to click on it for a cyber-criminal to get their hands on sensitive data."
Cause of cyberattacks
“At their root, many of these attacks come down to some type of compromised identity, with user access points often targeted. Organisations have a vital role to play in not only increasing training and awareness for staff to spot suspicious and ‘out-of-the-ordinary requests but to also better safeguard their identities."
"To reduce the risk of attacks, leveraging AI-enabled identity security will be key, allowing organisations to see, understand, and manage who has access to what, and why, this should be standard best practice for cyber security.”