A 2023 survey of working adults and IT security professionals worldwide found that organizations in business services, consulting, and telecommunications industries showed the highest failure rate for phishing attack simulations, 12 percent. Mining and real estate companies followed, with an 11 percent failure rate. Additionally, marketing and advertising companies showed the lowest failure rate.
Average failure rates for phishing simulations in worldwide organizations in 2021 and 2023, by industry
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