Email Security

In 2019, email phishing accounted for 90% of all data breaches worldwide. 76% of businesses reported being a victim to email phishing attacks, with 30% of phishing emails opened by targeted users. Email security is important & must be taken seriously. (Source: Retruster – American email security software company)

With email being massively adopted since the mid-1990s & its security being so important, a company would not be wrong in assuming all email systems automatically adopt new security innovations. However, in a world where innovative technologies come at a price, email companies are not giving away features for free. Furthermore, new features being released are not turned on by default, this would cause too much disruption. As such, IT professionals must maintain recent knowledge of their email system, then, if it is not keeping up to date, move to a more advanced solution. The larger email companies Microsoft’s 365 & Google’s G-Suite are almost equally the most advanced solutions; however, to understand, then apply correct licencing & security features is a specialist skill.