Cofense PhishMe Overview
Cofense PhishMe is a comprehensive, purpose-built SaaS platform designed to enhance employee resilience against phishing attacks, transforming them into a critical line of defense against cyber threats.
What Cofense PhishMe Does
Cofense PhishMe focuses on training employees to recognize and resist phishing attempts through realistic simulations. The platform mimics real-world phishing threats, including advanced spear phishing and Business Email Compromise (BEC) scams, to prepare employees to identify and report suspicious emails effectively.
Key Features and Functionality
Security Awareness Training (SAT)
- The platform delivers simulations of real-world, observed threats that evade traditional and model-based Secure Email Gateways (SEGs). These simulations are based on the latest phishing tactics and threats seen in the wild, ensuring employees are trained on the most current and relevant threats.
Malicious Email Reporting
- Cofense PhishMe includes the PhishMe Reporter, a simple one-click button that allows employees to report suspected phishing emails. This feature integrates with a global network of over 25 million users who actively report phishing attempts, providing valuable human-vetted intelligence.
Customizable Scenarios and Feedback
- The platform offers customizable scenarios that emulate the most relevant phishing threats. It provides immediate feedback and education to employees who fall victim to these simulated attacks, helping them learn from their mistakes in real-time.
Recipient Management and Integration
- Cofense PhishMe features a Recipient Sync capability that allows automatic provisioning and updating of users from an organization’s Azure Active Directory or other directories. This ensures seamless user management and single sign-on integration, simplifying the onboarding and maintenance process.
Learning Management System (LMS) Integration
- The platform is integrated with a Learning Management System (LMS), enabling organizations to combine simulation, assessment, and training efforts into a unified user security program. This integration automates tasks such as setting up simulations and learning modules, making it easier to manage training for groups of users.
Risk Validation and Reporting
- Cofense PhishMe includes tools for risk validation, allowing organizations to identify and validate risk points in their training programs. It provides detailed analysis and reporting, enabling the segmentation of users and the focusing of new initiatives to build greater cyber resilience.
Phishing Threat Detection and Response (PDR) Platform
- The PDR platform complements the SAT capabilities by detecting and remediating phishing threats missed by traditional SEGs. It includes tools such as Triage Email Analytics for rapid threat analysis, Cofense Intelligence for phishing-focused threat intelligence, and Vision Email Auto-Quarantine for automated detection and quarantining of malicious emails.
Managed Services
- Cofense offers managed email security services through the Phishing Defense Center (PDC), a global, phishing-focused Security Operations Center (SOC) operation. This service provides deep expertise to help organizations build and evolve their phishing-focused security awareness training programs.
Benefits
- Enhanced Employee Resilience: Cofense PhishMe has been proven to reduce the threat of employees falling victim to advanced cyber attacks by up to 95%, transforming one of the biggest liabilities into the strongest defense.
- Efficient Training and Reporting: The platform automates many tasks, such as setting up simulations and managing user lists, and provides a simple reporting mechanism that encourages employee participation in email defense.
- Comprehensive Threat Intelligence: It leverages a global network of user reports and expert phishing research to provide actionable intelligence and stay ahead of evolving phishing threats.
By integrating these features, Cofense PhishMe offers a robust solution for organizations to educate employees, detect phishing threats, and respond quickly to potential security breaches, thereby enhancing overall cyber resilience.