21st century cybersecurity: People are the first step

FBI Special Agent Jamil Hassani specializes in fighting cybercrime, and he told a gathering of lawyers and judges at the ABA Annual Meeting in San Francisco that because of their profession, stature and potential to poke back, he skipped something he often does just before such an appearance.

He typically sends a “spear-phishing” email to some of the people with whom he’s about to meet. “They get an ominous screen saying: ‘I just spear-phished you’ and a follow-up saying “Just kidding.”

His story illustrates the first level of security, which is people—those in the audience, employees of companies and others. He has found that when he uses the stunt, “one in 20 click on the link.”

The presentation titled “Effective Cybersecurity in the 21st Century: Privacy, Policy & Protocol,” was sponsored by the ABA’s Litigation Section. For the full article click here 

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