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In Africa , 412 organisations from South Africa , Kenya , Nigeria and Botswana participated in the phishing simulation tests , with a total of 337,937 emails sent . The majority of these organisations , 58 % were small , 1 – 249 employees , followed by medium , 26 %, 250 – 999 employees and large , 16 %, 1000 + employees ones .
The resulting baseline PPP measured the percentage of employees in organisations that had not conducted any KnowBe4 security training and clicked a simulated phishing email link or opened an infected attachment during testing .
African business users had a lower baseline PPP than many other regions , meaning they were less likely to fall for phishing attacks before any training . However , their improvement after 90 days of training was also lower than other regions . After a year of ongoing training , African users achieved a 79.8 % improvement in their PPP , showing the effectiveness of consistent security awareness education .
Africa ’ s average was 32.8 %, slightly better than the global average and much better than South America , where the average was 41.1 %
The report shows that without security training , 33.2 % of employees across all regions and industries are likely to fall for phishing attacks or fraudulent requests . Africa ’ s average was 32.8 %, slightly better than the global average and much better than South America , where the average was 41.1 %. Asia had the lowest rate of phishing , 30 %.
Africa ’ s baseline phishing security test results shows that one out of three employees are likely to click on a suspicious link or email or comply with a fraudulent request before receiving training . This is concerning considering that Africa has seen the fastest growth in cybercrimes in recent years , especially among small and medium-sized organisations . p
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