Patent Document ID: 9253207
Application ID: 13763538
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A method, comprising: generating, by a network device, a simulated phishing message, the message comprising a predetermined identifier in the message or in metadata of the message; electronically storing, by the network device, the predetermined identifier in a computerized data store; receiving, by the network device from a computing device associated with an individual, a notification triggered by a user action by the individual that a message delivered in an account associated with the individual has been identified by the individual as a possible phishing attack; determining, by the network device, whether the identified message is a known simulated phishing attack by comparing the predetermined identifier to an identifier from the body of the message or to the metadata of the message; if the message is identified by the individual as a simulated phishing attack, recording in a database that the individual has correctly identified the message as a possible phishing attack; if the message is determined not to be a known simulated phishing attack based on the comparison of the identifier, determining, at the network device, whether the identified message may be a threat based on at least whether the individual has correctly identified a previous message as a possible phishing attack; processing, by the network device, the message based on the determination of whether the identified message may be a threat.