Email security is used to inspect incoming emails for malicious threats and encrypt outbound email traffic to protect mailboxes, data, users, and enterprises from cybersecurity attacks. As more enterprises choose to migrate to a cloud or hybrid email platform, it makes cloud email security tools increasingly important.
A cyberattack can affect your business in many ways. According to the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3), cybercrime cost $3.5 billion in losses in 2019, in which business email compromise (BEC) caused the most damages. Due to the popularity of email as an attack vector, enterprises must take measures to secure their email against frequent attacks to unauthorized access to accounts or communications.
Microsoft 365 has become the standard productivity platform in enterprises. It is a cost-effective solution and provides a basic level of cloud email protection with Microsoft Exchange Online. The increasing use of Microsoft 365 becomes an attractive attack surface for cybercriminals, leading enterprises to seek additional cloud email protection, such as phishing email protection.
Here are 6 best practices that help enterprises to maintain secure in cloud or hybrid email platform
Relying on security features in Microsoft Exchange is not comprehensive enough to keep enterprises away from cyberattacks. Microsoft Exchange Online includes only basic inbound and outbound email security; for advanced email protection, enterprises need to add-on features in Microsoft 365 or look to 3rd party cybersecurity solutions.
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Most targeted cyber-attacks start with an email. The attacks interrupt business operations, cause financial damage, and compromise business integrity. Barracuda protects enterprises by extending traditional email security with a multi-faceted approach that protects all aspects of your email infrastructure.
With support on Barracuda’s email protection products, it provides an all-round security features that enterprises need. Barracuda email protection products are offered as SaaS subscriptions or appliance-based products for protecting Microsoft 365, Microsoft Exchange, and other email servers.
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· Mail Scanning protection to screen senders’ entity (Is A/C valid?)
· Advanced phishing email protection like “Typosquatting” for misspelled URLs
· Spam Detection by content scoring (spam volume / Call-to-action)
· Data Loss Prevention & Message Encryption on top of M365 Biz basic
· Network Protection by blocking unwanted email from DDOS
· Email Service Downtime Coverage up to 96 hrs in case of MS EX failure
· Analyze user behavior by context rather than rule-based policy
· Track Doman Fraud Protection’s status & report (fixed domain stolen issue & protect against brand misuse by hackers)
· Stop hacker taking over an account by Identifying user behavior
· Internal Phishing spread-out without going through email gateway can be stopped
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