Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Phishing as-a-service (PHaas) used to increase corporate security awareness
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Application No.: US14704148Application Date: 2015-05-05
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Publication No.: US09635052B2Publication Date: 2017-04-25
- Inventor: Christopher J. Hadnagy
- Applicant: Christopher J. Hadnagy
- Applicant Address: US PA Brooklyn
- Assignee: Christopher J. Hadnagy
- Current Assignee: Christopher J. Hadnagy
- Current Assignee Address: US PA Brooklyn
- Agency: Landmark Intellectual Property Law, PLLC
- Main IPC: H04L29/06
- IPC: H04L29/06 ; H04L12/58

Abstract:
An enhanced system is provided through a network such as the Internet that provides integrated network security (phishing) testing and training. The current system increases corporate security of users that can receive and send electronic messages in an entity, by creating and storing a set of phish messages, each classified by a difficulty level. The electronic addresses of the users are acquired and stored. A current difficulty level is set for all users to an initial level. A phish message of the current difficulty level for a given user is selected and sent to the user. The system monitors if the user clicks on or reports the phish message. If the user does not click on the phish message and reports it, the user's current level is increased up to a maximum level. Those that do not pass the test are provided on-line education. The above steps are repeated for all users until the testing is completed providing targeted phishing education to those which need it most.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160330238A1 Phishing-as-a-Service (PHaas) Used To Increase Corporate Security Awareness Public/Granted day:2016-11-10
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