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We recently signed an agreement with a company called KnowBe4. They are an internet safety company that provides training resources, safety testing, and more. So far this year, we've done two phishing campaigns for all adult users of crpairie email. Phishing is a intrusive way that hackers try to access information into a system, so an email that may ask to verify a username and password, or one that provides a link to click that can compromise an email account. A big thank you to so many of you that have alerted the Technology Team of these emails. A bit of data for you, 

 
Less than 8% of users actually fell for the last phishing campaign. The fact that over 92% of users passed the test is tremendous! Our goal as we move forward is to continue to decrease the amount of testing failures through awareness and training. 

One of the tools that KnowBe4 provides is a phish alert button built into Gmail for Google Chrome. Later today, we will push that out to all adult users. As part of our ongoing efforts to increase security and mitigate email phishing, we will be installing a Phish Alert Button in our domain Gmail accounts.  Once the PAB add-in is installed, upon your next Chrome restart, you will be prompted with a message to "Allow" the KnowBe4 PAB app. Click the "Allow" button on this message.

This information below is about a short training module that will show you how to use the PAB. 


You will notice a new “Phish Alert Button” in your gmail client. Please click this button whenever you receive a suspicious or potentially dangerous email. Upon clicking, the email will be deleted from your inbox and forwarded to our Technology team for analysis.

Here is additional information about the Phish Alert Button that may be helpful:

Additionally, in the near future, you will be enrolled in “Phish Alert Button” training. The PAB training will teach you how to handle unsafe emails and help you to distinguish between spam, phishing, and spear-phishing emails.

Please keep an eye out and complete this training when it's assigned.   By using this new button, you will help us to keep our organization safe and defend against cyber attacks.




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