DocumentCode
2620865
Title
Simulating malicious emails to educate end users on-demand
Author
Jansso, Kenny ; Von Solms, Rossouw
Author_Institution
Inst. for ICT Advancement, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Univ., Port Elizabeth, South Africa
fYear
2011
fDate
26-28 Oct. 2011
Firstpage
74
Lastpage
80
Abstract
Many organizations are very vulnerable to malicious emails. To protect end users from such, this paper discusses how a simulation exercise can be successfully conducted to educate vulnerable users on-demand. By simulating malicious emails and `catch´ vulnerable users, the organization may reduce costs and time regarding mitigating the weakest link-the human being.
Keywords
electronic mail; security of data; end users on-demand; malicious emails; vulnerable users on-demand; Databases; Electronic mail; Fires; Resistance; Education On-Demand; Malcicous Emails; Phishing Awareness;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Web Society (SWS), 2011 3rd Symposium on
Conference_Location
Port Elizabeth
ISSN
2158-6985
Print_ISBN
978-1-4577-0212-9
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/SWS.2011.6101274
Filename
6101274
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