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You’ve Been Phished!

You’ve Been Phished!

But please don't panic.  This was only a test. Before landing here, you clicked on a phishing email sent by...

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Social Engineering 101

Social Engineering 101

Image Source This 2-minute video outlines how social engineers manipulate people in social settings to gain...

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CyberHoot: Phishing Attacks

CyberHoot: Phishing Attacks

Spotting and Avoiding Phishing Attacks This foundational CyberHoot video teaches critical skills to identify...

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Hardware Security Module (HSM)

Hardware Security Module (HSM)

A Hardware Security Module (HSM) is a physical security device that safeguards and manages digital...

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Building A Human Firewall

Building A Human Firewall

Work environments are evolving, presenting new opportunities for cybercriminals to compromise company...

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Michigan School District Shut Down by Ransomware

Michigan School District Shut Down by Ransomware

The Richmond school district in Michigan started off the decade on the wrong foot, falling victim to ransomware...

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PCI Compliance Training

PCI Compliance Training

Payment Card Industry Card Brands and Governance Structure Payment Card Industry (PCI) compliance is important...

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Education and Training

Education and Training

Image Source In the NICE Workforce Framework, Education and Training in cybersecurity work is where a person...

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Encrypt

Encrypt

Encrypt is the generic term encompassing encipher and encode, which means to convert plaintext to...

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Indicator

Indicator

Image Source An indicator is an occurrence or sign that an incident may have occurred or may be in...

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Chip and Pin Benefits Training

Chip and Pin Benefits Training

All credit and debit cards are now being made with "a computer that is 1/4 the size of a postage stamp" this...

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PCI DSS Training

PCI DSS Training

PCI DSS stands for Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard. This is the standard that all organizations must...

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"When we got phished it became pretty clear we needed to do more to protect our company. The same old training just wasn't working. CyberHoot came to the rescue. It's fun, our team loves it, and best of all, it's..."
Leo Laporte, Security Now, Host
"Cybersecurity training is complicated, partnering with CyberHoot keeps it simple. Our users are engaged with little administrative overhead."
Jeremy Treister, CMIT Solutions of Chicago Downtown, President
"Craig and the CyberHoot team are great business partners! They are always open to enhancing their product, and ready to help my team with any deployment questions they may have. I am also an end user of the CyberHoot security..."
Marisa Zelfond, TekDoc, Director of Sales & Account Management
“Thanks to CyberHoot, we were able to offer our customers an engaging and effective awareness training program. Our first customer who saw it was impressed, which speaks volumes about its quality. The CyberHoot team has been excellent in providing customer..."
Oscar Nunez, DSI, IT Solutions Architect
"I reviewed over a dozen learning management platforms, and I have to say, CyberHoot is soaring way above the others."
Nick Marteney, MotherBear Security, Co-Founder & CEO