EDITOR’S QUESTION
HOW IMPORTANT IS IT
TO HAVE AN EFFECTIVE
CYBERSECURITY
STRATEGY FOR EMAIL-
BORNE THREATS?
W
ith the emergence of new
kinds of cyberthreats it’s all
too easy to forget about the
potential threat posed by the humble
email. Fortunately, a new E-book from
Mimecast provides guidance on how
to execute an effective cyber resilience
strategy for email.
Mimecast Limited, a leading email
and data security company, has
published Strengthen Your Defenses
Against Cybercrime: Cyber Resilience
Planning for Email to voice insights and
prescriptive advice from members of the
Cyber Resilience Think Tank.
This first-of-its-kind Cyber Resilience
Think Tank was first hosted by
Mimecast at the RSA Conference
earlier this year, bringing together top
industry experts to discuss the meaning
of cyber resilience.
In this e-book, Think Tank members
weigh-in on the critical need for
organisations to build a cyber resilience
strategy for email, amid a turbulent
cybersecurity landscape.
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New research from Mimecast and
Vanson Bourne, presented in the e-book,
reveals too many organisations are not
making cyber resilience a priority.
Strengthen Your Defenses
Against Cybercrime discusses how
organisations continue to struggle with
business disruptions due to the rise of
advanced threats, technical failures
and human error.
While the definition of ‘cyber
resilience’ can vary across industry, this
research indicates that organisations
acknowledge the need for a plan, yet
only 30% of respondents have adopted
a complete cyber resilience strategy,
with about one third still in the early
stages of development or planning.
The e-book functions as a guide for
organisations looking to understand
how to effectively prepare a cyber
resilience plan and includes specific
insights for email-borne threats.
The research also validates that
organisations are struggling to keep
pace with the rise of email-borne
threats. More than half of the 800 IT
decision-makers and C-level executives
surveyed globally have seen the volume
of cyber attacks increase this year
including ransomware, phishing and
impersonation fraud.
However, less than 20% of participants
surveyed feel completely confident in
their ability to spot and defend against
cyber attacks.
Neil Murray, chief technology officer at
Mimecast, said: “Cyber resilience is not
just an IT issue, it’s a business issue.
An organisation must take a layered
approach to build an effective cyber
resilience plan to protect business data
against email-borne threats.
“Mimecast’s first Cyber Resilience Think
Tank was a meeting of the minds. It
was great to bring together some of
brightest experts in cybersecurity and
collaborate on what organisations need
to do to build a comprehensive cyber
resilient strategy.”
Visit mimecast.com/resources/ebooks to
download the e-book.
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