C
Evidence Grade C
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under review
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Dated
3%
3% -- email click rate malicious for employees (2021)
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Value
3%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2021
Entity
Evidence Quality
C
Moderate quality evidence
Useful directional data with some methodological gaps. Treat as indicative rather than definitive -- corroborate before citing in formal research.
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Score breakdown
Extraction
75
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
Tech Republic
Primary
Tier B
https://www.techrepublic.com/article/how-to-combat-malicious-emails-that-bypass-security-and-impact-… ↗
Source Article
How to combat malicious emails that bypass security and impact your users
This article from Tech Republic looks at how Barracuda research showing that 3% of employees will click on malicious email links, but it only takes one such incident to open the door to a cyberattack.
This article from Tech Republic looks at how Barracuda research showing that 3% of employees will c…
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Tech Republic
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Barracuda research
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Industrymarketing
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employees: 3% email click rate malicious. Source: Tech Republic (2021). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/barracuda-malicious-email-click-rate
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