A 2022 survey found that the most critical departments, such as development, research & development, supply chain, and management, demonstrated the highest failure rate for phishing simulations. The security and information technology departments had the lowest rate.
Average failure rates for simulated phishing attacks in worldwide organizations in 2021 and 2022, by department
Data is based on a survey of 7,500 working adults and 1,050 IT security professionals across 15 countries worldwide.
The source adds the following information regarding the phishing simulations and failure rates measurements:
"Among our customers, three-quarters of departments were involved in 474 campaigns, receiving 6,000 messages or more in 2022 with almost 800 templates."
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