Major cybercrime threats, thwarted early on by vigilant employees, are impossible to identify with confidence. Organisations don’t publicise near-misses, security incidents typically remain confidential, and successes are hard to prove – ‘if we hadn’t spotted them early, in six weeks’ time their scam would have definitely run to millions of dollars, possibly.’ Nevertheless, cybercrime attacks including phishing happen every day. They’re devastating when they slip through, and they’re on the rise. The cat and mouse relationship between criminals’ tech capability and corporate security systems involves AI on both sides. The key differentiator is people. Employees are the potential weak link…
