Hello All!
We are excited to introduce you to our new Human Risk Management Partner Hoxhunt. The PMI IT Department has partnered with Hoxhunt to train YOU to become a defender against email-based attacks.
Why do we need Security Awareness?
Did you know, 6.4 billion email-based attacks are sent every day? Despite having sophisticated technical security measures in place, some malicious emails will always drip into your inbox. Cybercriminals use different technical and psychological measures to trick you to assist them in a cyberattack and the best way to mitigate this risk is for you to help us spot phishing attempts!
We need your help to strengthen our human firewall. Every push of the button makes you smarter, stronger, and safer.
What is Hoxhunt?
Hoxhunt is cyber security training that simulates real email-based attacks in a safe environment. It also provides a quick way of reporting real suspicious emails. Your task is to recognize and report suspicious messages you receive through email. First, the “Hoxhunt Report” button will be deployed to your google web mail shown here:
Then you will receive a welcome email from Hoxhunt: welcome@Hoxhunt.com with instructions on how to onboard to the training.
To start the training, report the welcome email with the “Hoxhunt Report” button.
All you need to do is learn to recognize and report suspicious emails with the Hoxhunt button, integrated right into your inbox.
Why did we choose Hoxhunt?
Hoxhunt is a new innovative company with a fun way to educate about email-based attacks.
The Hoxhunt application chooses simulation emails for you and sends them at random intervals. In the beginning, the simulation “attack” emails are simple, but as the training progresses the attacks get more difficult. When you report an email, you will be taken to the Hoxhunt Game, where you will see a short training page.
To make this a little more fun, you will gain stars and points by reporting these simulated emails. You will be competing with your co-workers.
You can follow your own progress as well as the TOP 10 Hoxhunters at PMI from the dashboard (game.Hoxhunt.com).
Also from the dashboard you can see the emails you have received during the training and re-read the training moments.
I received a real suspicious email, what do I do?
You can report all suspicious emails with the Hoxhunt button.
When you report an email that is not from Hoxhunt, you will see a prompt on your screen to ask if you want to report the email as phishing or as spam. The email will be forwarded to our Information Security team for further analysis.
Check out the YouTube videos below for more information.
Questions?
Send an email to support@pmi.edu.
You will be receiving your welcome email on Tuesday, September 5, 2023. Thank you for your help in building our Human Firewall and making our company a safer place!
- YouTube Videos