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Phishing Simulation

What is Phishing Simulation?

Controlled tests that send simulated phishing emails to employees to measure susceptibility and reinforce security awareness training.

Information Security

Each of these is named in at least one of the same controls as phishing simulation. The number is how many controls name both.

What the standards actually require on phishing simulation

Requirements naming phishing simulation across 6 standards, quoted from the control text.

Operate IAM + workforce security + training across the retail enterprise per NRF framework. IAM must (a) implement multi-factor authentication for all employees + contractors + service accounts where feasible + with priority for privileged access + remote acce...

NRFCS-6 · Identity and Access Management, Workforce Security, Training and Awareness →
OSFI B-132 controls

Operate cyber hygiene + security awareness per OSFI B-13 Domain 5. Cyber hygiene must (a) maintain patch management with risk-based prioritisation + KEV-driven remediation + (b) configuration management with hardened baselines + drift detection + (c) vulnerabi...

OSFIB13-5 · Cyber Hygiene and Security Awareness →

Conduct random testing (e.g. phishing simulations) to measure the effectiveness of the awareness programme.

ASIC-CR-AT-3 · Random staff testing →

FIRST CSIRT Services Framework v2.1 Service Area 5 - Knowledge Transfer. SCOPE: building cybersecurity capacity in the constituency + the broader community through awareness + training + exercises + advisory.

FIRST-CSIRTF-SA5-KnowledgeTransfer · Service Area 5 - Knowledge Transfer (Awareness, Training, Exercises, Advisory) →

Audit + Drills + Training operationalise the Directions through ongoing assurance + cyber preparedness. (1) CERT-In Cyber Security Audit: organisations should undergo periodic cyber security audit by CERT-In Empanelled Information Security Auditing Organisatio...

CERTIN-Audit-Drills-Training-AwarenessProgram-CERTInExercises-CISO · CERT-In Audit + Cyber Security Drills + Training + Awareness + CERT-In Cyber Exercises + CISO + Information Security Auditor Empanelment →

Standard 7 per Section 35 + the Schedule of the Jamaica Data Protection Act 2020: Personal data shall be processed in a manner that ensures appropriate security including protection against unauthorised or unlawful processing + accidental loss + destruction or...

JM-DPA2020-Standard7-Security-Sec35-Appropriate-Technical-Organisational-Confidentiality-Integrity-Availability-Resilience · Jamaica DPA 2020 Standard 7 - Security + Section 35 + Appropriate Technical and Organisational Measures + Confidentiality + Integrity + Availability + Resilience + Encryption + Pseudonymisation + Risk-Based Security →

Questions people ask about phishing simulation

What is Phishing Simulation?
Controlled tests that send simulated phishing emails to employees to measure susceptibility and reinforce security awareness training.
Why is Phishing Simulation important for compliance?
Phishing Simulation is a key concept in Information Security. Understanding phishing simulation helps organizations meet regulatory requirements, reduce risk, and demonstrate due diligence during audits. Our compliance platform maps 1,016 frameworks with 316K cross-framework control mappings.
Which compliance frameworks address Phishing Simulation?
Phishing Simulation appears in the requirement text of NRF Cybersecurity and Data Privacy Framework (National Retail Federation), OSFI B-13, ASIC Cyber Resilience Good Practices, FIRST CSIRT Services Framework and Standards, India CERT-In Cyber Security Directions 2022. Across these standards we have identified 8 controls that name it directly, each linked to the control text on the compliance platform.
Where can I learn more about Phishing Simulation?
Explore our compliance framework pages to see how phishing simulation applies across different standards and regulations. Our implementation guides provide step-by-step guidance, and the compliance platform offers AI-powered analysis of how this concept maps across 1,016 frameworks.

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Written and maintained by Gerard Blokdyk, The Art of Service.