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Everyone knows you can't patch a human. And Verizon's report showed that 23% of users open phishing messages, and 11% of them actually click on the attachments. About 50% open a phish and click on a link in the email within the first hour of an attack campaign.
You'll never stop all users from falling from a phish or other lure, Spitler says. "But we should also rejoice that 89% didn't" interact with a lure, he says.
Spitler says the findings reinforce the need for a "human sensor network," where if users see something, they can say something. "You have to have an established process and procedure if someone identifies something fishy--pun intended--so they know what they should do, who they should contact," he says.
Ideally, they would be able to click on a button if they spot something, and the appropriate person is automatically alerted.
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