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mishandling of data – can have significant,
far-reaching consequences.
In order to do that, companies need to
ensure they deploy regular and effective
security awareness training to educate
employees about best practices as well as
establish a people-centric strategy to defend
against threat actors’ unwavering focus on
compromising end users.
What should a robust email security
strategy look like?
The best email security strategies foster a
combination of technology and people. With
the constant uptick in phishing attacks, it’s
vital that businesses invest in modern email
security solutions to detect and block as
much of these threats as possible, removing
the guess work from users.
We recommend that organisations prioritise
a people-centric approach to security
that protects all parties (their employees,
customers and business partners) against
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EMPLOYEE EDUCATION
AND SECURITY AWARENESS IS
OFTEN THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
AN ATTEMPTED CYBERATTACK AND A
SUCCESSFUL ONE.
these threats, including layered defences
at the network edge, email gateway, in the
cloud and at the endpoint, along with strong
user education.
How is Proofpoint helping to
secure organisations?
Proofpoint invests 20% of revenue back into
R&D – one of the highest in the industry – to
ensure our products stay ahead of emerging
threat tactics.
Email is the preferred tactic for targeted
attacks, from fraudsters to large scale
cybercriminals to nation states. With
accurate malware detection and blocking,
coupled with credential phishing and email
fraud protection, Proofpoint Email Security
drastically reduces potential information loss
and financial consequences due to infection
and compromise.
Technical solutions and controls, while
important, are just one aspect of a broad
and deep defence. The cornerstone is
regular, comprehensive and adaptive
employee training. Proofpoint Security
Awareness Training is focused on engaging
end users and arming them against realworld
attacks. Proofpoint does this by using
personalised training based on our industryleading
threat intelligence to reduce an
organisation’s risk. •
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