Rana Thomas

About Rana Thomas

It may come as a surprise that many of your organization’s email addresses are exposed on the Internet and simple for cybercriminals to access and exploit. With these addresses, cybercriminals launch potentially detrimental phishing and spear phishing attacks on organizations like yours-costing them a fortune. These types of attacks are virtually impossible to defend against. unless your users are highly trained and well versed with effective Security Awareness Training.You may ask yourselves, “How would this benefit me and my organization?”The average cost of a spear phishing attack for large enterprise organizations is $1.6 million (Cloudmark).Oracle Java, Adobe Reader or Adobe Flash is present on 99% of computers. That means that 99% of computer users are vulnerable to exploit kits (Heimdal Security).95% of data breaches start with a phishing attack (Allen Paller, SANS Institute).91% of successful data breaches started with a spear phishing attack. Train your users, phish your users, and see the results. Are you ready to establish your human firewall?

Experience

1. Director of HR Analytics

   KnowBe4

   Aug 2023 — Present

Education

• Eckerd College

  Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.), Business Administration and Management, General

  2011 — 2015