Most enterprise email domains are vulnerable

The standards for Internet email have never evolved to include robust sender identity validation. As cyber-attack become more sophisticated, this places enterprises at an increased risk, according to a new report from Valimail. The new report is titled “Email Fraud Landscape: BEC explodes as attackers exploit email’s identity crisis”, and the Valimail analysis surveys the current vulnerabilities impacting on businesses. BEC represents “business email compromise.” A key risk identified in the report comes from impersonation. The collated date finds that in most industry categories, less than 10 percent of enterprise domains are protected from impersonation, leaving more than 90 percent of companies vulnerable.

Source: Digital Journal

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