HRM glossary

PAS (Phishing Awareness Score)

A specific metric of how much a person or area recognizes and reports phishing.

What is PAS (Phishing Awareness Score)?

Reported alongside the overall risk score. It combines simulation results and report rate to isolate the part of human risk tied specifically to phishing.

HRM glossary

Risk score — A comparable index of the human risk of a person, a team or the company.

Report rate — Percentage of simulated (or real) threats that staff report using the phishing button.

Completion rate — Percentage of people who finished a course. The metric HRM stops using as the main KPI.

Human Risk Management (HRM) — Managing cyber risk with a focus on people's behavior, not on completing a course.

HRM glossary

Questions about PAS (Phishing Awareness Score)

What is PAS (Phishing Awareness Score)?
A specific metric of how much a person or area recognizes and reports phishing.
How does Whalemate use it?
Reported alongside the overall risk score. It combines simulation results and report rate to isolate the part of human risk tied specifically to phishing.

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