Blog Category - BEC

Ian Baxter 2020 Nov 16 New Research: Nearly Half of Phishing Emulations Bypass Microsoft ATP and Top SEGs Most secure email gateways were not built to analyze the language within an email and decipher a message’s context and intent. READ MORE Brendon Roddas 2019 May 20 The Seven Essentials of a Modern Email Security Platform Did you know that any organization, regardless of its size and the number of in-house security personnel employed, can now automatically prevent, detect and respond to all types of sophisticated phishing techniques in real-time? READ MORE 2019 Apr 2 Secure Email Gateways Miss 99 Percent of Email Spoofing Attacks A two-year analysis of more than 100,000 verified email spoofing attacks found that sender name impersonations and domain look-alike attacks regularly bypass SEG technology READ MORE Brendon Roddas 2019 Mar 20 The Perils of Oversharing on Social Media Let this sink in for a minute: in 2019, it is estimated that social media has exceeded 3 billion users around the globe, equating to more than one-third of the world’s population. READ MORE Brendon Roddas 2018 Oct 16 DMARC Part 3: Sender Fingerprinting Thrives Where DMARC Falls In part three of this blog series, we’ll introduce an anti-spoofing solution that provides all of the benefits of DMARC with none of the limitations. READ MORE Brendon Roddas 2018 Oct 3 Understanding DMARC Part 2: How the Protocol’s Limitations Maintain Elevated Risk In part two of this blog series, we’ll look at the interdependencies of SPF, DKIM and DMARC, explore the limitations and vulnerabilities of each, and identify the unintended consequences of DMARC adoption. READ MORE Brendon Roddas 2018 Sep 18 Understanding DMARC Part 1: What’s Driving All the Hype? We’ve previously written a lot about DMARC, and despite the protocol having been in existence since 2011, it really did not enter into the spotlight as a mainstream email security solution until DHS jumped on the bandwagon late last year. READ MORE