Business Email Compromise: The $9 Billion Security Threat You Can’t Ignore (CyberSpeak Podcast)

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Business email compromise (BEC) attacks are expected to cost businesses $9 billion by the end of 2018, according to Trend Micro estimates. In this discussion with Roger Sels, VP of information security at DarkMatter, and Jack Koziol, CEO of InfoSec Institute, you’ll learn more about BEC attacks and measures you can take to begin protecting your organization. Kristin Zurovitch, director of marketing at InfoSec Instiute, helps guide the discussion around topics such as:

• The anatomy of a BEC attack
• Prevalent attack types to watch out for
• BEC prevention methods, including security awareness
• Listener questions about BEC attacks

If you would like a free copy the InfoSec Institute e-book, Introducing BEC: The Great White Shark of Social Engineering, which includes a downloadable BEC attack tip sheet, check out this link: https://www2.infosecinstitute.com/bec

About CyberSpeak with InfoSec Institute

Get security awareness and IT training insight direct from the trenches in this weekly podcast hosted by InfoSec Institute’s Chris Sienko. Each week on CyberSpeak with InfoSec Institute, IT and security practitioners share their insights into a new topic, including security awareness, IT and security careers and keeping organizations safe from cybercrime.