Guide
Fortra Named Top Player in 2024 Radicati Secure Email Market Quadrant Report
See why Fortra's Advanced Email Security was named a Top Player in Radicati's 2024 Market Quadrant for Secure Email.
Blog
Emailing Credit Card Information: Why Redaction Is Crucial for PCI Compliance
Tue, 03/12/2024
Find out how Fortra's Clearswift Secure Email Gateway appliance transforms email from a high-risk communication channel to one that’s PCI-compliant.
Datasheet
Clearswift Anti-Spam
Inside the Clearswift Secure Email Gateway appliance, there is a multi-layer Anti-Spam solution designed to deliver 99% detection with minimal false positives. The anti-spam feature detects messages as being spam, phishing attempts, or newsletters, and allows system administrators to configure policies to either block, sanitize, hold, tag, or deliver. Reputations – This is powered by TRUSTmanager...
Blog
What is a DMARC Policy?: The 3 Types, Which to Implement & Other Requirements
Wed, 02/28/2024
In this post, we’ll briefly explain what a DMARC policy is , how to set up your DMARC email record, what the three types of DMARC policies are and when to implement each one, and how to diagnose and fix any issues associated with it. Basically, your DMARC policy tells email receivers what to do with illegitimate or possibly fraudulent emails—whether to reject, quarantine, or accept them. Overall...
Blog
Going Phishing Isn't Seasonal–Get the Latest Results from 2023's Tournament
By Monica Delyani on Thu, 02/22/2024
Preview the latest global phishing benchmarking results and expert security awareness recommendations from Fortra's Terranova Security 2023 Gone Phishing Tournament.
Blog
QR Codes That Don't Bode Well - The Harm That Quishing Attacks Can Do
By Monica Delyani on Thu, 01/18/2024
Most organisations have security controls in place to inspect URLs in emails to prevent the risk of credential phishing and business email compromise (BEC) attacks. However, threat adversaries have pivoted their tactics to bypass security stacks. And clicking these types of attacks often leads to account takeover. In fact, data from Fortra’s PhishLabs in Q2 2023 reported more than three-quarters...
Datasheet
Suspicious Email Analysis
Detect, Analyze & Mitigate Advanced Threats Enterprises struggle to stop email threats from routinely reaching user inboxes, leading to Business Email Compromise (BEC) and ransomware attacks. While users become more adept at identifying suspicious emails and enterprises invest in increasingly sophisticated email security stacks, threat actors continue to deploy emails designed to trick employees...
Article
BEC: Why This Basic Threat Is Difficult to Detect
Fri, 12/01/2023
Revenue lost to payment fraud saw an increase in every major global region from 2021 to 2022, and odds are your organization is still seeing email impersonation threats in inboxes. But why? This article provides insights on Business Email Compromise to help you understand just why these threats are so effective for cybercriminals.
Blog
Reduce Ransomware Risk And Detect Data Leaks
By Monica Delyani on Fri, 10/06/2023
Ransomware Risk Has Never Been Greater Ransomware gangs are strategically targeting enterprises, disabling critical systems, and demanding record ransom amounts. They are also stealing confidential data and threatening to leak company secrets unless victims pay up. With Fortra's Agari, enterprises can disrupt these attacks before they start and proactively monitor for ransomware data leaks. Stop...
Blog
The Science Behind the Scenes: How Machine Learning Combats Phishing Attacks and BEC
Thu, 07/20/2023
Because email remains the most ubiquitous form of business communication, it continues to be a favorite attack vector for cybercriminals. Email has always been vulnerable because it was not originally designed with security or privacy in mind. As a result, email security vendors emerged to protect this critical communication channel. In the early days, many vendors used signature or reputation...
Guide
Machine Learning Models in Cloud Email Protection
Traditional email security products struggle to detect email impersonation threats such as Business Email Compromise (BEC) and spear phishing campaigns. These threats consistently bypass defenses that rely on signatures and policies like Secure Email Gateways and native-cloud email filters. This guide breaks down how Fortra uses advanced data science, including machine learning models, to find and mitigate attacks that slip past traditional email defenses.
On-Demand Webinar
How to Combat BEC, Ransomware, and Phishing Attacks with PhishLabs
Wed, 07/12/2023
Cybercriminals are relentlessly utilizing impersonation tactics, such as BEC, to steal from your brand. Watch to learn what you can do to stop BEC, ransomware and other phishing attacks.
Blog
99% of User-Related Threats Are Email Impersonation Attempts
Thu, 06/22/2023
Threats in corporate inboxes hit new highs with a quarter of all reported emails classified as malicious or untrustworthy. 99% of these threats were email impersonation threats, such as BEC and credential theft lures, that lack attachments or URLs delivering malware payloads. Cybercriminals continue to bypass traditional email security tools and reach end users by impersonating individuals...
Video
Introduction to Fortra's Cloud Email Protection Platform
Wed, 06/21/2023
Even with Secure Email Gateways in place, deceptive attacks like BEC, targeted social engineering ploys, and spear phishing attempts can still get into user inboxes. In this video, Fortra’s Advanced Email Security experts discuss how Fortra’s Cloud Email Protection, a new integrated cloud email security platform, delivers multi-faceted defense against advanced email threats, including:: How AI...
Video
QR Codes That Aren’t Cool – How to Defend Your Inbox from Quishing Attacks
Wed, 06/21/2023
Most organizations have security controls in place to inspect URLs in emails to prevent the risk of credential phishing and business email compromise (BEC) attacks. However, threat adversaries have pivoted their tactics in order to bypass security stacks. The QR code is now the carrier of choice for delivering these types of payloads via email. Is your organisation ready to tackle this new...
Video
How to Adhere to Google & Yahoo's DMARC Requirements
Wed, 06/21/2023
Recently, Google and Yahoo rolled out changes that require your adherence to DMARC in order to continue to deliver bulk email to your users' mailboxes. Luckily, you still have until June 1st to fully adhere before your bulk emails come to a grinding halt. Watch our Senior Director of Product Management, Mike Jones, walk you through setting up your DMARC policy.
Video
QR Codes That Aren’t Cool – How to Defend Your Inbox from Quishing Attacks
Wed, 06/21/2023
Most organizations have security controls in place to inspect URLs in emails to prevent the risk of credential phishing and business email compromise (BEC) attacks. However, threat adversaries have pivoted their tactics in order to bypass security stacks. The QR code is now the carrier of choice for delivering these types of payloads via email. Is your organisation ready to tackle this new...
On-Demand Webinar
QR Codes That Aren't Cool Webinar
Threat adversaries have pivoted their credential phishing and BEC tactics in order to bypass security stacks. In this video, Fortra’s Advanced Email Security expert, Dr. Steve Jeffery, discusses how the QR code has become the carrier of choice for delivering payloads via email and what your organization needs to put in place to stop them. You’ll learn: How human and machine mitigations help ward...
On-Demand Webinar
DMARC Revisited: Email Authentication in 2024
Implementing DMARC is one of the simplest ways to prevent email spoofing and ensure consistent email deliverability. Agari DMARC Protection will lead you through a safe and efficient DMARC implementation with features that allow you to: Catalogue and authenticate all legitimate senders–both 3rd-party and internal Navigate past common authentication pitfalls Comply with today’s major email provider...
Blog
DMARC Quarantine vs. DMARC Reject: Which Should You Implement?
Tue, 06/20/2023
You did it! You can now take a quiz and accurately answer "What Is DMARC?"! Next you've generated your DMARC record, implemented your policy, and authenticated your email domains. DMARC is no easy feat in itself and now, after DNS requests, third-party conference calls and writing internal policies, you are ready...to enforce a stricter DMARC policy ! If your DMARC policy has been set to p=none...