An organization is experiencing incidents where employees receive emails that install malware when links are clicked. Which of the following would be the BEST method to mitigate this threat?
Deploying anti-malware software on all devices
Educating users on how to identify and report phishing emails
Implementing email filtering to block malicious messages
Educating users on how to identify and report phishing emails is the most effective method because it directly addresses the human factor, which is often exploited in such attacks. While implementing email filtering and deploying anti-malware software can help reduce the number of malicious emails and detect malware, they cannot prevent all threats. Enforcing strict password policies does not prevent users from clicking on malicious links in emails.
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