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PhishMe Takes Home SC Europe Awards 2017
June 2017 by Marc Jacob
PhishMe® Inc. is pleased to announce that PhishMe Simulator™ and PhishMe Reporter® were recognised by a panel representing the audience of SC Media, as the winning solutions in the Best Professional Training or Certification Programme category at the 2017 SC Awards Europe. The announcement was made Tuesday, 6th June at the awards presentation held at Old Billingsgate, London.
The combination of PhishMe Simulator and PhishMe Reporter empowers employees to recognize and report suspicious emails to alert security teams to impending threats. PhishMe Simulator conditions all employees in an organisation to become resilient to phishing threats by exposing them to simulated real-life cyberattacks with instant learning opportunities while PhishMe Reporter provides an easy way for them to take action and alert the security teams to attacks.
Each year, hundreds of products are entered in the Excellence Awards: Professional Awards categories. Each product is judged by a panel representing a cross-section of SC Media readership, which is comprised of large, medium and small enterprises from all major vertical markets including financial services, healthcare, government, retail, education and other sectors. Entrants are narrowed down to a select group of finalists before undergoing a rigorous final judging process to determine the winner in each category.
“The security risks and challenges facing private and public sector companies these days are constant and complex. PhishMe stands out for its attempts to help ordinary users get to grips with looking for the signs of a phishing attack and prevent them from happening,” stated Tony Morbin, Editor in Chief, SC Magazine UK. “The combination of PhishMe Simulator and PhishMe Reporter is a significant achievement and one that shows PhishMe’s dedication to innovation and protecting against the ever-changing threat landscape.”
The SC Awards Europe are well known as one of the most prestigious awards for information technology (IT) security professionals and products. The awards recognise the best solutions, services and professionals that work around the clock to defend against the constantly shifting threat landscape in today’s marketplace.
