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Many workers in Australia still lack knowledge of the adverse effects of cyberattacks, including school staff, despite widespread phishing scenarios in the country.
State of Cyber Resilience in Australia 2022 survey involving organisations in Australia having 50 employees and above. There are more than 500 respondents involved in this study. And results show that more than half are unaware of the damages and losses brought about by email phishing to their organisation.
Here are the significant findings of the survey:
- 60 per cent thought that clicking links indicated in emails was safe
- Fifty-two per cent admitted that they immediately clicked links from their trusted sender without scanning.
- Fifty-one per cent have experienced a data breach during the past 12 months.
- Sixteen per cent said that the cybersecurity attack occurred last year.
“Of the survey respondents who admitted to have clicked on a malicious link within an email, almost half (48 per cent) said they realised their mistake when they found themselves redirected to a suspicious website or service that requested details from them,” said iTWire in their report.
“More encouragingly, 41 per cent said the link was flagged as malicious by their organisation’s IT systems, while a further 21 per cent said a red flag was raised by their web browser. Less than a quarter (20 per cent) said they became aware only after their device had become infected by malware or ransomware,” they added.
Consequently, the survey recommends several preventive measures to mitigate this cyber dilemma. Firstly, schools must include cybersecurity awareness training in their employee training schedules this year.
Ninety-two per cent of the respondents found the said training necessary. And 37 per cent said they had yet to receive any education regarding this.
Of those that had received training, 42 per cent said it had been focused on phishing attacks, while email security was nominated by 40 per cent of respondents. This was followed by malware (29 per cent) and ransomware (23 per cent).
School management teams can make sure their institutions are better prepared to fend off potentially damaging attacks by putting more emphasis on cybersecurity training. Staff members will be more aware, and the workplace will be more secure.
In the upcoming months, there will be an increase in the chance that a significant cyberattack will target schools. Making an effort now to raise awareness among teachers and students can lessen the likelihood that something negative will happen.
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