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Spear-phishing is a dangerous and sophisticated form of cyber-attack, which is different from traditional phishing tactics because it’s highly targeted. Instead of casting a wide net, attackers craft personalized emails aimed at specific individuals within an organization, with the goal to trick employees into clicking on a bad link or download an infected file. Once an employee clicks, the attacker can take the next steps to compromise the company’s entire system.

Recently, prominent insurance industry publications published articles by Ironwall by Incogni CEO Ron Zayas, discussing the ongoing ransomware threat and strategies to keep organizations safe.

The articles, published in Insurance News Net and PropertyCasualty360, both focused on the challenge facing insurance companies and all financial services organizations from the rapidly rising risk of a data breach, and the serious repercussions that follow.