Legal Cyber Academy

Get Real - The State of Phishing Today

Cyber IncidentsLevel: Intermediate

Overview of Get Real - The State of Phishing Today

Phishing remains one of the most consistent entry points for organizational breaches, yet its techniques continue to evolve in sophistication and targeting. This seminar breaks down how phishing works in practice—from broad credential-harvesting campaigns to precisely targeted spearphishing and executive-level whaling attacks. Drawing on major incidents from 2022, the course illustrates how real organizations were compromised and what the consequences looked like across operational, legal, and financial dimensions. Participants leave with a grounded understanding of the threat landscape and a clear sense of the practical and governance steps available to reduce exposure.

What you’ll learn in Get Real - The State of Phishing Today

  • Explain how phishing, spearphishing, and whaling attacks differ and why each presents distinct organizational risks
  • Describe the stages of a typical phishing campaign, from initial lure to credential theft or malware delivery
  • Identify the organizational and human factors that make phishing campaigns consistently effective
  • Analyze key phishing incidents from 2022 to extract lessons applicable to your own organization
  • Evaluate the layered technical and policy controls organizations can implement to reduce phishing risk
  • Communicate the business impact of phishing threats to leadership, legal, and insurance stakeholders in plain terms

Audience and prerequisites

Who should take this course — Get Real - The State of Phishing Today

Board members, executives, CISOs and security teams, cyber-insurance professionals, and legal advisors who need a current and practical understanding of phishing as an organizational risk.

Prerequisites for Get Real - The State of Phishing Today

None — designed for non-technical professionals.

Curriculum

  1. 1. Get Real - The State of Phishing Today 

    Many enjoy a fresh catch, but phishing is a whole other can of worms. Today phishing represents one of the most common and successful cyber threats to organizations. These relatively easy and cheap practices rely on the manipulation of an organization’s members’ good faith by malicious actors and have the ability to result in a range of financial, reputational, and legal damages for its victims. Counsel and executives will find this primer on phishing practices and trends a useful tool for navigating enterprise risk management in our increasingly hybrid world. In this seminar, our expert panelists explain what phishing is and what the consequences of its reach can be. Our speakers describe the different forms of fishing, distinguishing between spearfishing, whaling, and more. They review

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