As mentioned earlier, a defense-in-depth approach is needed to protect our data. A lot of organizations, whether it's a small company or a large enterprise, use email as a form of communication, both internally and externally. Email has become such an important and key component in communication today, so we need to ensure malicious entities, such as malware or hackers, are not allowed to disrupt, alter, or even use the messaging system as a medium to carry out their malicious intents.
Types of email threats may include the following:
- Spam: Spam is unsolicited messages sent by email. These messages are sometimes referred to as junk messages.
- Malware: Malware can spread across a network by attaching itself, as an email attachment, to any outgoing email message.
- Phishing: In a phishing attack, the attacker is attempting to trick...