Phishing Assessment
Gain intelligence-driven and actionable insight into your organization’s resilience to phishing attacks with Rootshell Security’s Phishing Assessment.
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What is a phishing assessment?
Organizations are often breached because an employee falls victim to a phishing attack. A threat actor will launch a phishing attack by sending emails that aim to trick your personnel into divulging confidential information or clicking a link that contains malware.
Rootshell Security’s Phishing Assessment services simulate the entire lifecycle of a phishing attack, so you can test your organization’s defences at each stage.
We use cutting-edge cyber threat intelligence to demonstrate how a threat actor would exploit public information about your organization to plan a convincing attack.
We then simulate the attack itself by creating and sending mock phishing emails to agreed targets.
You will gain a clear understanding of your organization’s ability to defend against a phishing attack; our easy-to-understand reports and continuous guidance will support your next steps.
Phishing assessment benefits
Your personnel are your first line of defence; this makes them prime targets for phishing attacks. Phishing assessments arm you with the insight needed to improve cybersecurity awareness, strengthen your defences, and gain the upper hand.
Strengthen your security posture
Bolster your organization’s defences against phishing attacks. You will be provided with the data you need to take remedial action and measure improvement over time. Our consultants will be on hand to provide expert advice
Understand your risk
Gain critical visibility of your organization’s risk of compromise. Our intelligence-driven approach gives you transparency of how a threat actor could use publicly accessible information to breach your organization
Evaluate your defences
Put your personnel and processes to the test. You will gain a clear understanding of your employees’ ability to identify suspicious emails and the effectiveness of your incident response processes, so you can pinpoint improvements.
Improve cyber security awareness
Enhance your employees’ cyber security awareness. Your personnel will undergo an impactful training experience. They will become more aware of cybersecurity risks and better equipped to help keep your organization safe.
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Our phishing assessment services
Our Phishing Assessment services test how your organization would withstand each stage of a phishing attack, from reconnaissance to launch.
Intelligence-led phishing assessment
Public information on the internet is the starting point for cybercriminals to launch a phishing attack on your organization. We can use advanced open source intelligence (OSINT) techniques to harvest your employees’ email addresses and create mock phishing emails that contain a ‘hook’ relevant to your organization. This can be delivered as a standalone service or as part of our Red Team as a Service (RTaaS).
Organization-wide phishing assessment
The ability of your personnel to identify phishing emails is critical to keeping your organization secure. We can simulate a real-world phishing attack by sending mock phishing emails to the contacts you provide. This realistic but safe assessment enables you to measure your personnel’s susceptibility to phishing emails and pinpoint where training is required
Spear phishing assessment
Cybercriminals can go to great lengths to launch a targeted (‘spear’) phishing attack on your organization’s high-value personnel. These emails are often cunningly relevant, such as an email appearing to be from a hotel they recently stayed in. Our Spear Phishing Assessment tests the ability of agreed targets within your organization to identify a phishing attack
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How is a phishing assessment service carried out?
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Scoping
Our experienced security consultants can help define your objectives and advise which of our Phishing Assessment services would be most suitable. Together, we agree the approach and targets of your phishing assessment, ensuring you have full transparency.
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Reconnaissance (Intelligence-led Phishing Assessment only)
We use a range of open-source intelligence (OSINT) techniques to gather as much information on your organization as possible. This could include leaked email addresses to help plan the attack and create convincing emails.
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Attack delivery
We create and send phishing emails to the agreed targets. The emails track statistics such as how many people opened the email, how many clicked the link, and who divulged personal information.
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Reporting
We deliver a report containing a full breakdown of our findings from your phishing assessment. This includes all the key statistics you need to evaluate your defences. These actionable results will support your next steps and help you measure improvement over time.
Types of phishing assessments explained
Spear phishing assessment
Spear phishing assessments test the ability of specific individuals to spot a phishing email. This could be your CEO or senior team. The phishing assessment will be tailored to them to make it more realistic.
Objectives: Test resilience to phishing attacks, Identify where training is needed
Specialist phishing assessment
A specialist phishing assessment may use intelligence techniques to assess how a threat actor could exploit publicly available information to plan an attack on your organization. This could include using intelligence to obtain your employees’ email addresses.
Objectives: Assess risk of compromise, Test resilience to phishing attacks, Identify where training is needed
Email phishing assessment
Our bespoke phishing assessments test the ability of team members to identify and resist a relevant, engaging email. We base our social engineering around publicly available company information, using the same tools as an attacker.
Objectives: Test resilience to phishing attacks, Identify where training is needed
SMiSHing assessment
This type of phishing assessment sends mock phishing text messages to your employees.
Objectives: Test resilience to phishing attacks, Identify where training is needed
Why Rootshell’s phishing assessment service?
We conduct powerful, intelligence-driven phishing assessments for some of the UK’s largest organizations. Here’s why Rootshell would be your trusted partner for phishing assessments.
Expert guidance
Our experienced consultants take the time to understand your organization’s unique needs and objectives. We can advise the best solution for your phishing assessments so you receive the most actionable and relevant insights possible
A smart approach
Many organizations offer phishing assessments, but not all have the expertise to offer an intelligence-driven assessment. Our vast experience in cyber threat intelligence, reconnaissance, and the tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) of threat actors ensures you gain a deeper insight into exactly how an attack would be planned and launched
Continuous support
If a hacker fails to infiltrate your organization, they won’t give up; they will try again or attempt to use other means. Our consultants can advise the best solution for you to continually assess and improve your organization’s security posture, such as running regular phishing assessments or testing alternative hacking methods like SMiShing (SMS phishing).
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Frequently asked questions about phishing assessment
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What is a phishing attack?
A threat actor launches a phishing attack by sending emails that aim to trick your personnel into divulging confidential information or clicking a link that contains malware. This would enable them to gain access to your organization and steal sensitive data.
What is a phishing assessment?
Phishing assessments simulate real-world phishing attacks by sending mock phishing emails to your employees. The emails track whether an employee takes the bait, which tests the strength of an organization’s defences and evaluates whether training for employees is required.
Rootshell Security go one step further by offering Intelligence-led Phishing Assessments. This demonstrates how a threat actor could exploit publicly available information to plan and launch an attack in the first place.
What is social engineering?
Social engineering represents cyber attack methods that rely on tricking people. Email phishing is one example of social engineering.
Why should I carry out a phishing assessment?
Your personnel are your first line of defence — if they are not suitably trained to identify phishing emails, your organization could be at serious risk. By carrying out phishing assessment services, you’ll know exactly how your organization would respond to a real-world attack, empowering you to take action to minimise risk. Here are some key phishing assessment benefits:
- Understand how publicly available information about your organization could enable an attack and take steps to reduce it
- Measure the ability of your staff to identify phishing emails and test your incident response
- Pinpoint where employee training is needed
What are the types of phishing assessment?
Here are the different types of phishing assessments explained:
- Email phishing assessment: An email phishing assessment sends emails to your staff that mimic real-world phishing emails. They try to trick your staff into taking an action within the email, just like a threat actor would. These emails appear the same to all your staff.
- Spear phishing assessment: Spear phishing assessments test the ability of specific individuals to spot a phishing email. This could be your CEO or senior team. The phishing assessment will be tailored to them to make it more realistic.
- SMiSHing assessment: This type of phishing assessment sends mock phishing text messages to your employees.
What does a phishing assessment measure?
Phishing assessments measure statistics such as how many people opened the email, how many clicked a link within the email, and who divulged personal information.
How often should you carry out a phishing assessment?
It is recommended you should conduct phishing assessments on a quarterly basis. This enables you to continuously enhance your defences and measure improvement over time.
Can we target specific people in our organization?
Yes. Our organization-wide and Spear Phishing Assessments target specific people, based on the email addresses you provide.
What are the key benefits of phishing assessments?
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