The benefits of the cloud are undeniable — increased flexibility, scalability and cost savings — but without proper security protocols in place, these advantages can be quickly outweighed by the risks associated with data breaches and other cyberattacks.

Email is an indispensable tool for many business users, so it should go without saying that it's crucial to protect email accounts from malicious threats. While best practices like junking emails from unknown senders and using strong passwords are good steps forward in maintaining email security, they aren't enough.

As the world transitioned to everything virtual in 2020 — work, classes, and get-togethers — cybercriminals wasted no time figuring out how to exploit the dramatic increase in online presence. Cyberattacks quickly evolved and escalated, and organizations scrambled to protect themselves against a slew of ransomware, phishing, and supply chain attacks and prevent catastrophic data leaks and breaches.

Email remains the most popular and most effective method of communication across businesses in every sector. This makes email a top target for cyberattacks; it’s no surprise that the majority of data breaches have an email phishing element. Enterprise-grade email security takes collective measures to secure access to email accounts and mitigate the effects of malicious content.