Irish start-up targets online fraud

CyberRiskAware says with employee training, firms can use a human firewall to fight cybercrime, writes Trish Dromey.

Taking a “prevention is better than cure” approach to cybersecurity, Dublin start-up CyberRiskAware is targeting global markets with technology designed to train company staff to identify malicious emails and other cyber threats.

“Some 95% of security incidents are caused by human error’,’ said company founder and CEO Stephen Burke, saying that human error mainly involves the opening by staff of phishing emails containing ransomware, malware and fraudulent requests for money transfers, known as CEO fraud.