NEW YORK RAISES THE BAR

摘要

New York State is extremely concerned about phishing in general,rnand more specifically spear phishing, highly targeted phishing rnattacks designed to penetrate organizations, government agencies rnand groups.rnBeginning in 2005, the state Office of Cyber Security & Critical rnInfrastructure (NYS-CSCIC) along with the Anti-Phishing Working Group, AT&T and the SANS Institute, ran its first antiphishing pilot project.rnThe goal was to raise employee awareness of the danger of phishing scams and to provide employees with information to help protect themselves and the agency. The project was also designed to gain a better understanding of the effectiveness of security training.