Phishing
Employee Resilience Testing
Can your employees recognise a phishing attempt? Emails impersonating banks, service providers or even internal communications are one of the most common attack vectors, often leading to data theft, malware infections and takeover of IT systems.
Benefits of Phishing Testing
Identifying organisational vulnerabilities
– we assess how many employees opened a fake email, clicked a link or submitted their credentials.
Strengthening security policies
– we provide recommendations for handling suspicious messages and improving response protocols.
Raising awareness of threats
– realistic attack scenarios teach staff how to recognise phishing attempts and avoid high-risk actions.
Reducing the risk of data breaches and ransomware
– phishing remains one of the primary delivery methods for malware and account compromise.
What Is Phishing and How Does It Work?
Phishing is a cyberattack technique in which attackers impersonate trusted institutions or individuals to steal sensitive information. By leveraging social engineering, they manipulate victims into providing credentials, clicking infected links or downloading malicious attachments.
During phishing tests, we assess your organisation’s susceptibility to:
- Email phishing – sending fake emails that mimic messages from service providers, partners or senior management.
- Spear phishing – targeting specific individuals, such as executives, finance staff or IT personnel.
- Whaling (CEO fraud) – simulating emails impersonating top-level executives like CEOs or CFOs.
- Smishing (SMS phishing) – testing employee susceptibility to fraudulent messages sent via SMS or mobile messengers.
- Voice phishing (Vishing) – assessing how employees respond to deceptive phone calls.
Our phishing tests help make your organisation resilient to the most common forms of social engineering.
Tools and Techniques We Use
We use industry-leading tools and custom campaigns to simulate realistic phishing scenarios and analyse employee behaviour:
- Gophish & PhishMe – phishing simulation platforms and performance tracking.
- Evilginx & Modlishka – advanced credential harvesting and Man-in-the-Middle attack frameworks.
- SET (Social Engineering Toolkit) – powerful toolkit for social engineering simulation.
- Custom scripts & email tracking – tailored phishing campaigns adapted to your organisation.
Our testing follows NIST 800-16, ISO 27001, and OWASP best practices.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can phishing tests harm employees or IT infrastructure?
No – tests are conducted in a controlled manner. Their goal is to educate employees, not to penalise them.
How often should phishing tests be performed?
We recommend quarterly testing, as well as after any changes in security policy or an increase in cyber threat activity.
Do phishing tests only cover emails?
No – we also test smishing (SMS phishing), vishing (voice phishing), and attacks via messaging platforms.
Do employees receive training after the tests?
Yes – after the simulation, we provide a report and conduct educational workshops to boost security awareness across the organisation.
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