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The Problem: Attacks are evolving faster than email defenses. Organizations are spending more on cybersecurity than ever, even as losses from data breaches, business disruption, and fraud continue to mount.
Learn how to prevent the top email fraud tactics including:
Business Email Compromise techniques Advanced Malware including Ransomware Outbound Phishing Get the 5 steps to building your email security strategy across the entire attack chain – from prevention through real-time response.
Download the Definitive Email Security Strategy Guide now.
This new report examines how Proofpoint offers Advanced Email Security as a complete solution for email threats and email continuity. In depth review of our multilayered approach to offer clear visibility into all an organization’s email threats, along with the ability to respond to and stop those threats.
The cost of Business Email Compromise (BEC), and Impostor email has risen to $5.3B and is impacting employees, business partners and customers of organisations around the world.
In order to protect all the groups that are targeted by BEC requires deep visibility into email, and the expertise to build and deploy email authentication policy. Proofpoint Email Fraud Defense (EFD) is designed to block criminals that spoof your trusted domains to trick victims, both inside and outside of your organisation, into sending money and other sensitive information to the attacker. The DMARC (Domain-based Message Authentication Reporting & Conformance) standard is the most powerful weapon to date in the fight against phishing and spoofing.
In this guide, you will learn:
What DMARC is and how it works The benefits of DMARC Key stats and success stories Step-by-step implementation instructions
The headline stories of the threat landscape in 2016 were of the explosive growth of ransomware, the massive email campaigns that distributed it to organisations of all sizes, and the exponential increase in email fraud attacks that have cost businesses billions in theft, disruption and reputational damage. Criminals are now targeting individuals, not companies or infrastructure. See key findings from our Human Factor Report.
The headline stories of the threat landscape in 2016 were of the explosive growth of ransomware, the massive email campaigns that distributed it to organisations of all sizes, and the exponential increase in email fraud attacks that have cost businesses billions in theft, disruption and reputational damage. Criminals are now targeting individuals, not companies or infrastructure. See key findings from our Human Factor Report.
By any measure, the WannaCry ransomware strain has already become one of the largest cybersecurity attacks in history. And it’s still going strong with new variants emerging every day. Fortunately, you can protect yourself against WannaCry, Petya, and other ransomware strains. Read this guide to learn: Why ransomware is surging What to do before, during, and after a ransomware attack Why you shouldn't pay ransoms—and why you may have to What free decryption tools can't protect you How to stop ransomware at the gates
Managing Business Email Compromise and Impostor Threats to Keep Your Organisation Protected. BEC uses emails from fraudsters posing as an executive. They ask the victim to wire money or disclose sensitive information. Only later do the victims realize that the email didn’t come from the executive.
Business email compromise (BEC), or impostor email, doesn't use malware attachments or malicious URLs, making it invisible to even "next-generation" email defenses. Safeguard your critical information and secure all the avenues that BEC attackers pursue.
This BEC Survival Guide can help you: Understand how BEC works and why it succeeds Prepare for and prevent attacks Know what to look for in a complete solution that stops BEC and other targeted threats Download your copy now and start building your BEC defenses.