How to Run a Deepfake Readiness Drill Before a Cloned Voice Calls Your Team
Summary: A 2025 Gartner survey of 302 cybersecurity leaders found 62% had experienced at least one deepfake attack in the prior 12 months, with 43% reporting deepfake audio call incidents and 37% encountering deepfakes on video calls. The article recommends structured deepfake readiness drills - two lists of impersonated identities and targeted employees, documented verification rules, and four scenarios run as tabletops before live simulations - and cites a January 2026 Osterman Research study of 128 US security and IT leaders, commissioned by IRONSCALES, in which 60% lacked confidence in their ability to counter deepfake attacks despite existing training.
Bottom line: A fraudulent wire surfaces at reconciliation, but a cloned voice that talks the help desk into an MFA reset or a new global admin account can sit undetected for months - and 60% of surveyed security leaders say their current training does not give them confidence against it.
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