Phishing Test

Change employee behavior with Mimecast phish testing

Most CISOs recognize the value of phish testing. By sending phishing emails generated by a company's IT department rather than a malicious attacker, phishing simulation provides insight into how well phishing training programs are working and which employees are most likely to be susceptible to a phishing email.

But many CISOs also know the downside of common phish testing solutions: they can be hard to manage, difficult to customize and disconnected from other IT security awareness efforts.

Mimecast Awareness Training offers an alternative: a phish testing solution that is easy to use and customize, and that is fully integrated into Mimecast's Awareness Training program and other Mimecast solutions.

 

 

How Mimecast phishing email test works

Mimecast phish testing is incredibly easy to deploy and configure. In under 10 minutes, you can set up a complete test campaign within the Mimecast Awareness Training platform using the following three simple steps.

• Choose from realistic single-page or multi-page templates that cover everything from fake package tracking and password reset emails to fake news and phony promotions.
• Edit and customize your phish testing email and landing pages to reflect the kinds of attacks you anticipate your employees might see.
• Designate which users should receive which tests and set a date for launch.

With Mimecast, you have complete control over content, sequencing and every other aspect of phish testing.

Results and data from phish testing and phish tutorials can be integrated into the personalized risk score that Mimecast gives to every employee. Armed with this information, you can more effectively target resources to your riskiest employees who need additional training or coaching.

In the near future, Mimecast will make available a new feature that will let you test your employees with real-world but de-fang phishing attacks for training purposes. It's almost impossible to replicate the sophistication and variety of real phishing attacks. That's why Mimecast will let you test employees with real phishing emails in real-time while protecting them from the consequences that result from a bad decision. This groundbreaking capability from Mimecast – the only provider to offer this kind of personalized delivery of authentic attacks for training purposes – will better prepare your employees to deal with actual phishing attacks as they occur.