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New Hires, September Starts: The 90-Day Phishing Window

September brings the year's biggest wave of new starters - and attackers time their CEO impersonation campaigns to match. Why the first 90 days are the most phishable window of any tenure, and how to protect the whole incoming cohort.

Daniel Okafor·8/31/2026·5 min read