Email Spam Filter
There has been a rise in phishing and spear phishing attacks.
Our email spam filter can help.
Email is the best communication tool for businesses however it is also the best tool that cybercriminals use to try and attack your business. Implementing a business-grade email spam filter and inbound security virus protection will reduce the risks to you, your customers, and your suppliers.
Unsolicited emails are one of the biggest causes of successful cyber-attacks against businesses, charities and schools. This is because they are designed to be persuasive or use psychology to trick a user into clicking a link that downloads malicious software or gathering the user's username and password.
Spam emails can also lower productivity as they can clutter up mailboxes with unwanted marketing. This can make it very difficult to identify important and useful emails.
An email spam filter can protect a business from a cyber-attack, as well as protect staff and company data.
Inbound & outbound properties:
We’ve outlined the inbound and outbound properties that can help keep your business secure.
Inbound email security:
Advanced threat protection
Anti-phishing protection
AI for real-time spear phishing and cyber fraud defence
Malware protection
Link protection
Typo squatting protection
Spam filtering
Block email-borne viruses
Denial of Services (DoS) attack prevention
Outbound email security:
Outbound email filtering
Secure communication with email encryption
Data leak protection
Protect critical data from leaving your business
Archiving, compliance, and e-discovery
Granular retention policies
Powerful search and e-discovery
Why do I receive spam emails?
Spam emails can happen for a variety of reasons. This includes:
Your data could be exposed and available to cyber criminals from one of the thousands of successful cyber-attacks and data leaks.
If you've signed up to receive marketing from a company. Some companies send constant emails to promote their products or services.
A company may have purchased your email address from a third party. This allows them to send unwanted marketing emails, despite never signing up for them.
However, the most common reason is that cybercriminals have found a way to get hold of your email address.
For example, if you've given your details to a company such as a supplier, and they have been the victim of a cyber-attack, they may have obtained details such as customer or staff email addresses. They can use this information to send out malicious emails. They can even sell the information on the dark web for third parties to buy.
With this information, cybercriminals can send phishing emails that contain malware to target individuals or employees.
Phishing:
Email spam filtering is a must if you want to prevent the spread of spam which can be extremely detrimental to your business.
A lot of spam emails that are delivered can be harmless. However, it can be difficult to decipher harmless emails from potentially harmful emails.
Phishing and spear phishing has become one of the most common attacks over the last two years. Without a strategy in place, it can leave staff vulnerable to opening and responding to these emails. This can result in networks becoming damaged or data being stolen.
