Phishing: A Primer on How to Protect Your Organisation

This report is an explanatory overview of phishing threats (email phishing, spear phishing, smishing, vishing, whaling, angler phishing and related tactics), summarizing why phishing remains effective, providing common indicators of phishing emails, examples of attack flows and impacts (credential theft, ransomware, BEC), and recommending preventative measures such as security awareness training, phishing simulations, email security, MFA, and 24×7 monitoring.