Kevin Mandia, founder and COO of Mandiant, is joining the board of directors of PhishMe.  This follows the acquisition earlier this month of Mandiant, a leading cyber-forensics company, by FireEye, a leading anti-malware company.  In joining PhishMe, Mr. Mandia said,

In today’s adversarial environment, attackers are targeting people more so than computers. PhishMe is well positioned to not only help organizations manage their employees’ behavior towards advanced attacks, but also convert their users into active human defenders.

At Iconix we agree that targeting people is the problem. However, the case for the effectiviness of training has yet to be made.  You can learn more about training by reading our whitepaper, Phishing Training – A Losing Cyberwar Strategy.  Recent research co-authored by Eric Johnson, a Vanderbilt University professor, determined that embedded training is ineffective in fighting spearphishing.

Spearphishers deceive people into making bad email decisions that compromise security. IT needs to help employees make better email processing decisions. That is where SP Guard comes into play. Using SP Guard, IT can determine a list of trusted senders and provide this information to staff in a simple and highly effective manner.

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