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TRENDING
77% OF BUSINESSES EXPECT
TO EXPERIENCE EMAIL FRAUD
IN THE NEXT YEAR
As the number of cyberattacks increase, it is becoming even more
challenging to detect and prevent email fraud with traditional
security tools. Proofpoint’s 2018 Understanding Email Fraud
Survey proves that enterprises must act, or risk being targeted.
G
lobal market research from
Proofpoint, a leading cybersecurity
company, reveals 82% of boards
are concerned with email fraud and more
than half (59%) consider it a top security
risk, no longer just an IT issue. Yet almost a
third (30%) of respondents cited a lack of
executive support as a key challenge to email
fraud protection deployment.
“Email fraud is highly pervasive and
deceptively simple; hackers don’t need to
include attachments or URLs, emails are
distributed in fewer volumes and typically
impersonate people in authority for
maximum impact,” said Robert Holmes,
Vice President of Email Security Products
for Proofpoint. “These and other factors
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make email fraud, also known as business
email compromise (BEC), extremely
difficult to detect and stop with traditional
security tools. Our research underscores
that organisations and boardrooms have a
duty to equip the entire workforce with the
necessary solutions and training to protect
everyone against this growing threat.”
Proofpoint’s 2018 Understanding Email
Fraud Survey, asked 2,250 senior IT decision
makers across the US, UK, France, Germany
and Australia for their email fraud experiences
from the last two years. The survey,
conducted by research firm Censuswide,
demonstrates that email fraud is pervasive,
disruptive and in many cases, catching
businesses unprepared. Insights include:
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ORGANISATIONS
NEED TO
PROACTIVELY
SHUT DOWN
THESE TACTICS
BEFORE THE
DAMAGE IS DONE.
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