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What is a phishing simulation?

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A phishing simulation is a cybersecurity exercise that tests an organization’s ability to recognize and respond to a phishing attack. They also help security teams pinpoint vulnerabilites, improve overall incident response and reduce the risk of data breaches and financial losses from successful phishing attempts.

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What Are the Most Important Steps to Protect Your Organization’s Data?

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In the modern world of business, data is one of the most important resources for any organization trying to thrive. Business data is highly valuable for cybercriminals. They even go after meta data. Big data can reveal trade secrets, financial information, as well as passwords or access keys to crucial enterprise resources.

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How Does Next-Gen SIEM Prevent Data Overload For Security Analysts?

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The Next Gen SIEM solution pairs advanced machine learning and AI-powered data management with continual threat detection to uncover the early signs of malicious activity and mitigate issues or report them to the security staff in time.

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Types of cyberthreats

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For example, some hackers—called ethical hackers—essentially impersonate cybercriminals to help organizations and government agencies test their computer systems for vulnerabilities to cyberattacks. Keep in mind that not all hackers are threat actors or cybercriminals.

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