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Phishing is the #1 way attackers breach businesses. No technical solution stops 100% of phishing emails, so you need both technology and trained people.
Mass emails impersonating trusted brands (banks, Microsoft, shipping companies). Casts a wide net. Low sophistication but high volume.
Targeted emails crafted for a specific person using personal details (job title, colleagues, recent activity). Much harder to detect.
Spear phishing aimed at executives. Often involves fake legal documents, board communications, or high-value wire transfer requests.
Attacker compromises or spoofs an executive email and sends instructions to employees. Common: fake invoice payments, payroll changes, data requests.
These DNS records prevent attackers from sending emails that appear to come from your domain. DMARC with a reject policy is the most effective defense against domain spoofing.
Services like Microsoft Defender Safe Links or similar scan URLs at time of click. This catches links that were clean at delivery but weaponized later.
Suspicious attachments are opened in an isolated environment before delivery. If the attachment tries to execute code or download malware, it is blocked.
Even if an employee enters their credentials on a phishing site, MFA prevents the attacker from accessing the account. Use phishing-resistant MFA (FIDO2 keys) for the best protection.
Advanced email filtering uses AI to analyze sender reputation, content patterns, and behavioral signals to block phishing before it reaches inboxes.
Technology catches most phishing, but the emails that get through are the ones your employees need to recognize. Training is not optional.
It will happen. When it does, speed matters. Follow these steps immediately:
Start with a free email security assessment to check if your domain is protected against spoofing, then talk to us about comprehensive phishing protection.
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