Dawkins, S.
, Greene, K.
and Jacobs, J.
(2020),
The New NIST Phish Scale, Revealing Why End Users Click, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=931366
(Accessed May 18, 2025)
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The New NIST Phish Scale, Revealing Why End Users Click
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Developed based on over 4 years of NIST phishing training data, the NIST Phish Scale is a DIY method for rating human phishing detection difficulty key to understanding variability in phishing click rates. This talk will cover why users click, why its important to understand phishing detection difficulty, and how to use the NIST Phish Scale. Understanding what emails your users are susceptible to will help you better defend against phishing attacks in the wild.Pub Type
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Created October 21, 2020, Updated November 5, 2020