Email Security
Phishing prevention: why email is still the front door
Email remains the most common initial access vector. Here is how to close the front door without grinding your team to a halt.
Email is still the most common way attackers get in. A single convincing message can defeat a thousand other controls. Closing the front door is a matter of layered filtering plus a resilient human layer.
Filter what you can
The first layer is technical: block known-bad domains and messages with malicious attachments, and flag impersonation. Gateways that inspect links at click time and scan attachments in a sandbox catch most commodity phishing before it reaches a human.
Focus on impersonation
The most damaging attacks are not mass spam but targeted impersonation: a fake invoice, a spoofed executive, a lookalike domain. These need identity-aware controls that verify sender reputation and flag unusual senders, not just content scanning.
Prepare the human layer
People are the last line, not the first. Short, frequent awareness exercises that simulate real tactics keep the human layer sharp. But the goal is to reduce reliance on people, not to blame them when a well-crafted message gets through.
The combination, strong filtering, impersonation protection, and a prepared team, makes your organization a hard target where attackers move on to easier ones.