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Ponemon Cost of Phishing and Value of Employee Training

"Ponemon Institute is pleased to present the results of the Cost of Phishing and Value of Employee Training study sponsored by Wombat Security. The purpose of this research is to understand how training can reduce the financial consequences of phishing in the workplace. The research reveals the majority of costs caused by successful phishing attacks are the result of the loss of employee productivity. Based on the analysis described later in this report, we extrapolate an average improvement of 64% from six proof of concept training projects. This improvement represents the change in employees who fell prey to phishing scams in the workplace before and after training."

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Ponemon Cost of Phishing and Value of Employee Training