Performance Metrics

Modified on Thu, 22 Apr, 2021 at 2:47 PM

Performance Metrics

PhishGuard was tested to handle large records based on a high-level testing approach. So the below sections should be taken under considerations when you launch your campaigns.

Load Model

Transaction	Duration	Transactions per hour
Campaign Launch	300 Users / Min	18,000 User
Sending Campaign Emails	22 Email / Min	1,320 Email
Uploading Emails through CSV	10 Users / Sec	36,000 User

Observations

This load test was executed with 25,000 email targets by launching a phishing campaign to all users. Numerous exceptions were noticed during this test run related to blacklist from the Firewall of the SMTP account and therefore we recommend schedule the campaign to run for days by specifying “Send Emails By” Option which will send emails evenly between the “Launch Date” and this date.

Assumptions

PhishGuard assume the following to be implemented before the attempt to launch a phishing campaign:

⦁ Whitelist the email which will be used as the Sender Profile

⦁ Whitelist the email used in the spam filter so it does not reach to spam/junk folder

⦁ Unblock automatic picture downloads in email messages for that email

⦁ Add the Domain @domain to Safe Senders List

Risks

There will be some risks when launching a campaign with a large number of email targets so it has to be done carefully especially when using a free email client. We have found the below limits for the free email clients:

Email Client	Limit per day	Known Issues
Gmail	100-150 Emails	Block till the rest of the day Mark the sender as spam
Hotmail	300 Emails	Block till the rest of the day
Yahoo	100 Emails	Block till the rest of the day

Data Preparation

Below table to be followed when uploading users through CSV file format from the user groups section. Example of the CSV file is in the below table:

First Name	Last Name	Email	Phone	Position
Ahmed	Ali	ali@company.com	9665xxxxxxxxx	CEO