Mastercard Simulation Security Awareness
Objective
As an Analyst in Master Cards Security Awareness Team, I’m given the task of examining a fake email and making it more believable while leading Mastercard’s next phishing simulation campaign to send Mastercard’s employees to implement the appropriate training for those teams to lower our risk of an attack.
Skills Learned
What threat is phishing presents to an organization.
What do different types of phishing emails look like.
How Mastercard prevents and mitigates phishing threats.
Create a fake Phishing email
· Add some context at the beginning - make it relevant to a Mastercard employee
· Mask the hyperlink within text
· Add points of legitimacy
Interpret the results of the Phishing campaign. This table helps identify which teams appear to be more likely to fall for a phishing email than others.
Created a short presentation to help teams improve security awareness by identifying which areas of the business need more awareness about phishing, and implement appropriate training for those teams to lower our risk of an attack. The presentation providing awareness and training materials for the two teams that appear to be most susceptible. (Human Resources and Marketing)
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