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Methods and systems for preventing malicious use of phishing simulation records

  • US 9,262,629 B2
  • Filed: 01/21/2014
  • Issued: 02/16/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/21/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method performed by a data processing apparatus, the method comprising:

  • for an individual, associating a phishing simulation record of the individual with an e-mail alias of the individual and associating the e-mail alias of the individual with a primary e-mail address of the individual;

    sending via a computer network one or more simulated phishing messages to the individual via the e-mail alias associated with the individual;

    generating a phishing simulation record based on a response by the individual to the one or more simulated phishing messages,wherein, for the individual, the phishing simulation record of the individual is associated with the primary e-mail address of the individual only through the e-mail alias of the individual;

    wherein, after sending the one or more messages, disassociating by a computer processor the primary e-mail address of the individual from the e-mail alias of the individual such that phishing susceptibility attribution is precluded for the individual.

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