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10 steps to award-winning cybersecurity training: The AES CSO50 Playbook
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November 7, 2023
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10 steps to award-winning cybersecurity training: The AES CSO50 Playbook

Fortune 500 energy company, AES was recognized at the 2023 CSO50 awards for their security awareness training program’s transformative effect on phishing resilience, behavior and culture change, and human risk management. Watch their video playbook and learn practical tips for building your own outstanding program. It was done under the supervision of their CISO, Ryan Boulais and David Badanes, Director of Cybersecurity Strategic Initiatives.

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Threat feed week 47: Black Friday, cash awards, donations, and impersonations, including Adobe, the US Treasury Department, Meta Support, Facebook Ads, Microsoft, and more
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10 steps to award-winning cybersecurity training: The AES CSO50 Playbook
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Threat feed week 44: Microsoft, DocuSign, McAfee, cryptocurrency, debt collections, postal service, telecommunication, banking, insurance, and police impersonations
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AES wins CSO50 award for transformative security behavior change with Hoxhunt
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Awareness training isn’t enough to protect your business—security behavior change is your missing key
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10 steps to award-winning cybersecurity training: The AES CSO50 Playbook
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The winding road to Hoxhunt’s $40 million Series B funding round leads to the moon, with Mika Aalto, Hoxhunt co-Founder and CEO
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The origins of the most brutal phishing techniques
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Top 5 things lurking behind forbidden phishing links
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Social media phishing campaigns
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Hit and run phishing attack
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HR payroll phishing scam
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ChatGPT vs. human phishing and social engineering study: Who's better?
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ChatGPT vs. human phishing and social engineering study: Who's better?
What Is Phishing Training?
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What Is Phishing Training?
10 Phishing Training Lessons For Your Employees
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April 25, 2022
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October 24, 2022
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How much does phishing really cost businesses?
Gone Phishin' Volume 7: Early to mid October, 2022
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Infographic: Data breaches in the workplace
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GTA 6 leaks and Uber hacked through social engineering
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Gone Phishin' volume 2: late July 2022
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Gone Phishing: Biweekly Media Roundup #1
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Phishing services are surprisingly cheap
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5 Ways to Prevent Business Email Compromise Attacks
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Are phishing tests enough to measure resilience?
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A guide to effective phishing training
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How human error impacts human risk in cybersecurity?
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5 ways attackers can bypass two-factor authentication
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A Bug in G Suite Lets Attackers Spread Malware on Your Computer
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Threat feed week 48: Netflix, DocuSign, Microsoft Planner, QuickBooks, McAfee, Polygon, Avalanche, Danske Bank, plus other postal, banking, and crypto phishes
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Threat feed week 48: Netflix, DocuSign, Microsoft Planner, QuickBooks, McAfee, Polygon, Avalanche, Danske Bank, plus other postal, banking, and crypto phishes
Threat feed week 47: Black Friday, cash awards, donations, and impersonations, including Adobe, the US Treasury Department, Meta Support, Facebook Ads, Microsoft, and more
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Threat feed week 46: Microsoft, QuickBooks, Outlook, Chase Bank impersonations, QR codes, and crypto phishing emails
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