The popularity of email as a collaboration tool shows no sign of abating. In fact, research group Radicati predicted the total number of business and consumer emails sent and received per day will exceed 376 billion and worldwide email users will top over 4.5 billion by the end of 2025. Also, with so many employees now working from home, organizations have never been so reliant on email to keep communication and productivity flowing.
However, with collaboration comes risk. Phishing, spam, viruses, business email compromise, data loss (accidental or otherwise) – email has to cope with a large number of cybersecurity risks and threats, so it’s no wonder IT teams have to think carefully about deploying the right solution to keep their organization protected.
In providing that much needed layer of security, Secure Email Gateways need to minimize the risks and threats but do so without impacting an organization’s ability to conduct business. The right solution, such as Clearswift's Secure Email Gateway, will also enforce email policy without overburdening IT department, email administrators or messaging teams.
To help IT teams define a robust email security policy and determine what’s required from an email security solution, here are six easy steps:
1. Determine what data needs to be protected
2. Be clear about the dangers
3. Establish a robust and sustainable email security policy
4. Close the zero-day window
5. Encrypt sensitive data
6. Monitor behavior and performance
In addition, Fortra's integrated cloud email security solution, Fortra’s Cloud Email Protection is an integrated cloud email security platform combining data science, threat intelligence, and automated remediation to stop threats that bypass traditional defenses.
Fortra Email Security solutions help organizations protect and secure their email architecture. Fortra's Clearswift data, web, and email security solutions offer organizations the ultimate protection against cyber threats and data loss, without compromising day-to-day collaboration.