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Can You Spot a Phish

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Author(s)

Shanee Dawkins, Jody Jacobs

Abstract

This talk will cover findings from over 4 years of NIST phishing training data, highlighting user context as the key to phishing susceptibility. We will discuss the NIST Phish Scale, our research on why users click, and how it can help users spot a phish.

Keywords

Phish, Phish Scale, security awareness, cybersecurity

Citation

Dawkins, S. and Jacobs, J. (2022), Can You Spot a Phish, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=935721 (Accessed December 14, 2024)

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Created October 19, 2022, Updated December 19, 2022