Case Study: Mayo Clinic strengthens phishing defense and reporting with Cofense

How The Mayo Clinic Utilizes Cofense’s Email Security Education, Response, & Defense Solutions

Mayo Clinic, the $10.3 billion nonprofit academic medical center, needed a better way to help 63,000+ employees recognize and report phishing attempts, especially as attacks increased and more staff worked remotely and on mobile devices. The organization turned to Cofense, using products including Cofense PhishMe, Cofense Reporter, Cofense Reporter for Mobile, Cofense Triage, Cofense Validator, and the Cofense Phishing Defense Center to strengthen its phishing education and reporting program.

With Cofense, Mayo Clinic built a more scalable phishing defense program that improved employee reporting, strengthened awareness training, and helped security teams respond faster to reported threats. Cofense also helped Mayo Clinic validate the effectiveness of its email gateways, prioritize threats missed by perimeter defenses, and “close the loop” with employees by confirming actions taken; the result was a more efficient security posture with better visibility into scams and malicious emails.

Mayo Clinic

Kimberly Wanek

Senior Manager of Information Security