SC Media aces phishing test (whew!), but average score was only 52%

Pictured: Reporter Bradley Barth’s score after taking a phishing quiz from GreatHorn and Inspired eLearning.

There’s a certain amount of pressure that comes with being a security reporter and agreeing to get scored on a phishing test for all to see.

Granted, in real life, you never know when you’re being tested by real-life cybercriminals trying to get you to click on a link or open an attachment. That can happen any time. But it was nevertheless reassuring to learn that I scored a nine out of 10 after being quizzed on whether a sample email was or wasn’t a phishing attempt.

Devised by email security company GreatHorn and security awareness firm Inspired eLearning, the quiz was taken by 1,123 U.S. users in September 2020. And that’s where the bad news comes in: Most test-takers fared a lot worse. According to GreatHorn’s 2020 End User Phishing Report, the average test score was 52 percent. “So slightly better than a coin flip,” said GreatHorn founder and CEO Kevin O’Br ..

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