Phishing Simulation Program
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Phishing Simulation Program
When it comes to spotting phishing emails, we believe practice makes perfect. Our phishing awareness and reporting exercises are designed to give the TU Dublin community experience in identifying and reporting simulated phishing messages. We do this so when real phish show up in your inbox, you’ll know exactly what to do.
Why are we doing this?
Phishing is the single greatest threat to our digital privacy and security today.
While our security tools block millions of these phishing messages, there will always be some that make it through and into your inbox. You are our best defence against these messages. Recognizing phishing prevents it from harming you, and reporting phishing help to stop harming the community. Phishing awareness and reporting practice will help keep us alert and ready to respond to these threats.
These exercises will:
- Deliver simulated phish based on actual phishing attempts found at the University
- Give our community experience in identifying and reporting phishing emails
- Provide an evidence-based understanding of our community’s phishing risks
- Assign brief training to those who click the message.
These exercises will not:
- Send “gotcha” emails using messages more sophisticated than we typically receive.
- Report the identities of those who click.
What to expect
Email users should expect to receive a simulated phish periodically throughout the year. Like any suspected phishing message, it should be reported through Outlook. You will be notified that the phish was a simulation.
If you miss it and accidentally click, you’ll see a page that reassures you it’s just practice and highlights the warning signs to watch out for next time. Close that page.
Have questions?
If you’d like more information on identifying phish, resources are available to you here. If you have questions, concerns, or comments about our Phish Reporting exercises please contact the team via the support desk.