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First Line of Defense
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What Is an Enterprise’s Primary Line of Defense Against Phishing Emails?

By Monica Delyani on Tue, 01/17/2023
Through a layered approach utilizing a comprehensive solution as the primary defense, Fortra fills major gaps in email platform security by protecting users from external threats and safeguarding your sensitive data from being leaked both inside and outside your organization.
Advanced Persistent Threats (APT)
Advanced Threat Protection
Cloud Email Security
World class email security experts
Blog
Blog

What Is an Enterprise’s Secondary Line of Defense Against Phishing Emails?

Tue, 01/17/2023
Following a multi-layered approach to phishing defense is a good idea, but using what you have close to home is best when it comes to a sensible security posture. In practice, a robust security awareness training program is key to instruct employees on what to look for when trying to spot phishing emails that may have landed in their inboxes.
Advanced Persistent Threats (APT)
Advanced Threat Protection
Cloud Email Security
Guide
Guide

Enhancing Microsoft's Security with Fortra Advanced Email Security

As Microsoft’s security capabilities continue to evolve, many organizations are questioning how much they should rely on Microsoft for their email security needs. In this guide, we observe where Microsoft may not be enough and how deploying Fortra Advanced Email Security solutions can provide a more comprehensive protection.
Cloud Email Security
Email Security for Office 365
Press Release
Press Release

IT Security Wire: Cybersecurity in 2023: Top Three Predictions

In this IT Security Wire article, cybersecurity experts Eric George and Tom Gorup, Vice President of Security Operations at Fortra’s Alert Logic, share their 2023 cybersecurity predictions. Originally published in IT Security Wire "PaaS (phishing-as-a-service) platforms simplify the creation and execution of credential theft phishing attacks which target the customers or employees of enterprise...
Datasheet
Datasheet

Fortra Advanced Email Security Solutions

Enterprises need comprehensive protection that spans the entire lifecycle of threats from the staging of email-borne threats outside your organization to active threats landing in the inbox. Fortra’s Advanced Email Security solutions do just this and can help you solve your toughest email security challenges.
Advanced Persistent Threats (APT)
Advanced Threat Protection
Anti-Phishing
Cloud Email Security
Guide
Guide

A Window on Email Security

This white paper takes an expansive look at the hidden threats lurking around email inboxes, and how layered email security with a clear understanding of goals can keep your organization better protected.
Advanced Threat Protection
Anti-Phishing
Cloud Email Security
On-Demand Webinar
On-Demand Webinar

How to Protect Against Advanced Email Threats

Thu, 12/08/2022
Unfortunately, the bad news about data breaches, cybersecurity scams, and email attacks is constant and the numbers are more staggering with each year. Learn which steps to take now to protect your organization’s email ecosystem, such as collecting threat intelligence, mitigating against brand impersonation, and training your employees on security awareness, all while maintaining compliance.
Advanced Threat Protection
Anti-Phishing
Cloud Email Security
DMARC Email Authentication
Blog
Blog

How to Run Simulated Phishing Campaigns

Tue, 09/13/2022
Here's how to run a simulated phishing campaign to test and train your employees before they receive an actual phishing email. What is a Phishing Campaign? To be clear, when we say “phishing campaign,” we’re not referring to malicious, black-hat phishing campaigns. A simulated phishing campaign is part of an internal training program to raise employee awareness about real-world phishing attacks...
Advanced Threat Protection
Anti-Phishing
Blog
Blog

Office 365 + DMARC: Best Practices for Protecting Your Company & Customers From Phishing Attacks

By John Wilson on Mon, 08/15/2022
In 2021, Gartner includes DMARC, or known by its full name as Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting & Conformance, in its list of top 10 security projects . With very few exceptions, the best way for organizations to prevent getting impersonated in email attacks is to integrate DMARC into their Office 365-based email ecosystems. To understand why, let’s consider the benefits of deploying...
Cloud Email Security
DMARC Email Authentication
Email Security for Office 365
Blog
Blog

The “i'’s” Have It: How BEC Scammers Validate New Targets with Blank Emails

Fri, 07/29/2022
Have you ever received a blank email from someone you don’t know? If you have, it may have been from a cybercriminal making sure your email account is legitimate prior to a Business Email Compromise (BEC) attack. Agari and PhishLabs define BEC as any response-based spear phishing attack involving the impersonation of a trusted party to trick victims into making an unauthorized financial...
ACID Research
Advanced Persistent Threats (APT)
Consumer Phishing
Spear Phishing
Video
Video

Protecting Remote Employees from Phishing and BEC Attacks

Thu, 07/28/2022
Email is even more crucial as a collaboration tool while we are all working from home and taking other precautions to stay safe and healthy. Hackers, cybercriminals, and other bad actors are exploiting the COVID-19 pandemic for their own personal gain, and it’s your job to ensure your workforce is protected from harm. How do you enable the productivity of your now remote workforce, while...
Advanced Persistent Threats (APT)
Business Email Compromise
Advanced Threat Protection
Anti-Phishing
Video
Video

Anatomy of a Compromised Email Account

By Crane Hassold
Using active defense techniques, Agari planted credentials into more than 8,000 phishing sites impersonating enterprise applications, then monitored these accounts to see when and how each compromised account was accessed. Through our analysis, we gained unique insights into what cybercriminals do with compromised email accounts. Watch this webinar to hear answers to important questions about the...
Advanced Persistent Threats (APT)
Vendor Email Compromise
On-Demand Webinar
On-Demand Webinar

Silent Starling and the Emergence of VEC

By Crane Hassold
Silent Starling is a newly discovered cybercriminal group comprised of Nigerian cybercriminals, intent on scamming as much as they can from their victims through a new attack type named vendor email compromise (VEC). Watch this webinar to learn: What VEC is and how it differs from other major attacks Why VEC is the largest threat for your supply chain Which of your employees are most likely to be...
Advanced Persistent Threats (APT)
Vendor Email Compromise
Video
Video

How and Why COVID-19 is Being Used for BEC and Phishing Attacks

Mon, 07/25/2022
Phishing and Business Email Compromise (BEC) attacks always take advantage of natural disasters and personal misfortune to target even the most vulnerable among us. This time is no different as we are all experiencing the COVID-19 outbreak, but the tactics can be spotted and defeated. In this webinar Crane Hassold, Agari's former Senior Director of Threat Research, provides an inside look into the...
Advanced Persistent Threats (APT)
Business Email Compromise
Advanced Threat Protection
Anti-Phishing